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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.

Eddie Van Halen

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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Guitar Interval Music Theory Wrong
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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Bed Brother Dedication Music Myself Practice
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Digital Myself Simplicity Sound Start
Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Guitar People Play
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Growth Listening Myself
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Early Growth Musician Myself
You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Hollywood Mindset Ourselves People Thinking
I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Myself Normal Scheme
Actually, 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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Myself Play Song Way Writing
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Fingers Head Music Myself People Simplicity Word
I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Day Death Kind Music Myself
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Feeling Greatness Instrument Quality Sound Talk Yourself
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

Instrument Reading Theory Universal Yourself
I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Age Education Instrument Lesson Music Time
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

Accomplishment Album Feeling Myself Start Wall
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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Different Hate Situation Yourself

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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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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