I’m just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
EDDIE VAN HALENMajor third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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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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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Tuborg. My brother would go out to party and get laid, come home at 3am., and I would still be playing with myself.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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A 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.
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When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.
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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
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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.
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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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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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It’s all about sound. It’s that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it’s digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros.
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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’ll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I’m recording. If I break one I’ll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
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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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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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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he’s working with. You shouldn’t be able to listen to something and say, ‘So-and-so produced this album.
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