Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
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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’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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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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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.
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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 not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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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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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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There’s a plaque on our wall that says we’ve sold over 65 million albums, and I don’t feel I’ve accomplished anything. I feel like I’m just getting started.
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