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.’
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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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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