Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
EDDIE VAN HALENA guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that’s not right, all the strings should be off.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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 not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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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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I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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Music is for people. The word ‘pop’ is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I’m just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I’m cool.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that’s a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that’s the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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