I boil the strings so they stretch.
EDDIE VAN HALENYou’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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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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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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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I have selective hearing.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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 never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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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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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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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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