If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
EDDIE VAN HALENThe piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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I’ll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I’m recording. If I break one I’ll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
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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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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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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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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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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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