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.
EDDIE VAN HALENI applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I have selective hearing.
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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 applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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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 was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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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’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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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’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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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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