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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

Eddie Van Halen

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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Connection Emotional Extension Guitar Instrument Myself Person Personal Play Spiritual
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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Age Guitar Lesson Live Myself
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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Early Growth Musician Myself
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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Fingers Head Music Myself People Simplicity Word
I boil the strings so they stretch.
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Myself Stretch
There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.
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Creative Execution Inspirational Release
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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Cancer Drink Hands Myself Operation Replacement
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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Inspirational Lyrics Music Myself Writing
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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Couple Guitar Myself Play Stain Time
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.
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Guitar Interval Music Theory Wrong
I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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Age Education Instrument Lesson Music Time
I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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Drink Myself Sound
I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Myself Normal Scheme
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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Instrument Reading Theory Universal Yourself
I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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Acceptance Application Myself
Best believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
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Believe Color Ink Poetry Secret Thinking True

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