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.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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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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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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
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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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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’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.
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