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.
EDDIE VAN HALENSome people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
-
-
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 -
I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
The one thing I do have is good ears. I don’t mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.
EDDIE VAN HALEN -
I have selective hearing.
EDDIE VAN HALEN






