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.
EDDIE VAN HALENIt’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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that’s a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that’s the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
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Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Tuborg. My brother would go out to party and get laid, come home at 3am., and I would still be playing with myself.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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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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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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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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I have selective hearing.
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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 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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