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.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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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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The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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Music is for people. The word ‘pop’ is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I’m just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I’m cool.
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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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The one thing I do have is good ears. I don’t mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.
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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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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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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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