There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.
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.
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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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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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I’m just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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.’
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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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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 applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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 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.
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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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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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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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