Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
EDDIE VAN HALENRock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
EDDIE VAN HALENMajor third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
EDDIE VAN HALENMusic kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
EDDIE VAN HALENMusic 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.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
EDDIE VAN HALENNirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
EDDIE VAN HALENYou’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
EDDIE VAN HALENPractice. 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.
EDDIE VAN HALENIt’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
EDDIE VAN HALENI just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
EDDIE VAN HALENI grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’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 HALENHoldsworth 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.
EDDIE VAN HALENWhen 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.
EDDIE VAN HALENI took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
EDDIE VAN HALENA 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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