Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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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.
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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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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.
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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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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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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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I have selective hearing.
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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 always about the music, never about anything else.
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