When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
EDDIE VAN HALENI applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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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 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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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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 applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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 grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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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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