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.
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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I think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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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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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let’s put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don’t.
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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 applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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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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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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