Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
EDDIE VAN HALENI don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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 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 don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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Cancer is like a cockroach. It just comes back stronger. I’m tearing apart the immune system of the cockroach and seeing how it ticks. I’ve opened up my own pathology center.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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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Best believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
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Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let’s put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don’t.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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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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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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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’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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