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.
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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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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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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If you have a great-sounding guitar that’s a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that’s the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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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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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 not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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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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I don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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 just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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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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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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I’ve had a hip replacement, I’ve beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, ‘I’m done.’
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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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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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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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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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The one thing I do have is good ears. I don’t mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.
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