It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
EDDIE VAN HALENThe name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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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The 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.
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I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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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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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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