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EDDIE VAN HALENThere are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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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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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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I’ve had a hip replacement, I’ve beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, ‘I’m done.’
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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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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.
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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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