Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
EDDIE VAN HALENActually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let’s put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don’t.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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 don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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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 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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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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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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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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