I think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
EDDIE VAN HALENI think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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.
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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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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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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’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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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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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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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
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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.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he’s working with. You shouldn’t be able to listen to something and say, ‘So-and-so produced this album.
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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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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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