It’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’m just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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A 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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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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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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When 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.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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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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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 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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that’s not right, all the strings should be off.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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