Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
EDDIE VAN HALENA 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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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I don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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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.
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I’ll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I’m recording. If I break one I’ll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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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’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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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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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Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Tuborg. My brother would go out to party and get laid, come home at 3am., and I would still be playing with myself.
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