My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
EDDIE VAN HALENThe 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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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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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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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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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 think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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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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