Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
EDDIE VAN HALENCancer is like a cockroach. It just comes back stronger. I’m tearing apart the immune system of the cockroach and seeing how it ticks. I’ve opened up my own pathology center.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.
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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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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.
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I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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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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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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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 grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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