To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
EDDIE VAN HALENI was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that’s when I started getting my own style.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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 took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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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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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’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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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 have selective hearing.
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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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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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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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Holdsworth 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.
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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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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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