Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
EDDIE VAN HALENIt’s always about the music, never about anything else.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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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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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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