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.’
EDDIE VAN HALENMajor third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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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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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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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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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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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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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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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 makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I’m just so blessed.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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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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