I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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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.
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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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.
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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.
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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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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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