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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.

Eddie Van Halen

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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Children Discover Life Music Myself Passion Wonderful
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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Average Myself Normal Ordinary Word
Best believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
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Believe Color Ink Poetry Secret Thinking True
Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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Alcohol Complication Method
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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Blessing Feeling Kind Man Myself People Touch Weird
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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Album Artist Best Goodness Listening Production
It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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Music Passion
I boil the strings so they stretch.
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Myself Stretch
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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Generosity Music Myself Trouble
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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Band Direction Himself Myself Try
A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
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Connection Emotional Extension Guitar Instrument Myself Person Personal Play Spiritual
You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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Music Note Yourself
Cancer 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.
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Cancer Hospital Immunity Myself Open Strong System
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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Inspirational Lyrics Music Myself Writing
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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Himself People Reality Song Thinking Word
Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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Ideas Myself Thinking

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