It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
EDDIE VAN HALENWhen 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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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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 always about the music, never about anything else.
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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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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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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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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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