Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
EDDIE VAN HALENA guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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Cancer is like a cockroach. It just comes back stronger. I’m tearing apart the immune system of the cockroach and seeing how it ticks. I’ve opened up my own pathology center.
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Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that’s when I started getting my own style.
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I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.
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I think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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Best believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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