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 HALENEverything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I have selective hearing.
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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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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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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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 just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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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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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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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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I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that’s when I started getting my own style.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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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