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Eddie Van Halen

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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Age Guitar Lesson Live Myself
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
Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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Guitar People Play
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
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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Bed Brother Dedication Music Myself Practice
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
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
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
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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Hollywood Mindset Ourselves People Thinking
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
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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Break Leaving Myself Replacement String
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
I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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Myself Passion Writing
The one thing I do have is good ears. I don’t mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.
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Development Goodness Myself Perfection Record Theory
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 all about sound. It’s that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it’s digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros.
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Digital Myself Simplicity Sound Start

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