Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
EDDIE VAN HALENI took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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I have selective hearing.
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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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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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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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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’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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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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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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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Tuborg. My brother would go out to party and get laid, come home at 3am., and I would still be playing with myself.
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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