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.
EDDIE VAN HALENA 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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he’s working with. You shouldn’t be able to listen to something and say, ‘So-and-so produced this album.
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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 just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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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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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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Music is for people. The word ‘pop’ is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I’m just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I’m cool.
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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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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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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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