Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
EDDIE VAN HALENIt’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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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I’m just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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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.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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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I have selective hearing.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I’m just so blessed.
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I’ve had a hip replacement, I’ve beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, ‘I’m done.’
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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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