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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.

Eddie Van Halen

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
I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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Business Dreams Fame Glory Live Music Myself
I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Myself Normal Scheme
Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Alcohol Complication Method
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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Early Growth Musician Myself
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Growth Listening Myself
A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that’s not right, all the strings should be off.
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Guitar Interval Music Theory Wrong
Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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Appeal Big People
Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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Ideas Myself Thinking
If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Children Discover Life Music Myself Passion Wonderful
You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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Creativity Freedom Music Yourself
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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Instrument Reading Theory Universal Yourself
It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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Music Passion
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Basic Blessing Goodness Kind Learning Myself Teacher
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?
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Believe Color Ink Poetry Secret Thinking True
If you have a great-sounding guitar that’s a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that’s the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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Feeling Greatness Instrument Quality Sound Talk Yourself
I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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Age Education Instrument Lesson Music Time
I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Drink Myself Sound
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
The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
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Family Legacy Myself Name
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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Fame Music Path Simplicity Start
To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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Entrepreneur Hell Rule Sound Yourself
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
I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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Myself Passion Writing
Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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Guitar People Play
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Fingers Hands Myself Old Start Style
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

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