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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

Eddie Van Halen

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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Fingers Hands Myself Old Start Style
Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Alcohol Complication Method
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Couple Guitar Myself Play Stain Time
I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Myself Oneself Person Record Tour Voice
I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Drink Myself Sound
Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Beginning Mark Pattern Rhythm Yourself
There’s a plaque on our wall that says we’ve sold over 65 million albums, and I don’t feel I’ve accomplished anything. I feel like I’m just getting started.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Accomplishment Album Feeling Myself Start Wall
Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Ideas Myself Thinking
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Age Guitar Lesson Live Myself
I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Myself Normal Scheme
I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Average Myself Normal Ordinary Word
A 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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Guitar Interval Music Theory Wrong
It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Music Passion
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?
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Children Myself Oneself Song
I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Age Education Instrument Lesson Music Time
Holdsworth is so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing. I’ve got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he’ll do it with one hand.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Goodness Himself Hold Oneself Understand

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

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