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 HALENMusic kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
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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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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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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
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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’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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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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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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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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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