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Eddie Van Halen

Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Beginning Mark Pattern Rhythm 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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Instrument Reading Theory Universal 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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Connection Emotional Extension Guitar Instrument Myself Person Personal Play Spiritual
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Fingers Head Music Myself People Simplicity Word
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Age Guitar Lesson Live Myself
Holdsworth is so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing. I’ve got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he’ll do it with one hand.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Goodness Himself Hold Oneself Understand
Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Children Myself Oneself Song
Cancer is like a cockroach. It just comes back stronger. I’m tearing apart the immune system of the cockroach and seeing how it ticks. I’ve opened up my own pathology center.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Cancer Hospital Immunity Myself Open Strong System
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Generosity Music Myself Trouble
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Inspirational Lyrics Music Myself Writing
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Early Growth Musician Myself
We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Live Money Music Ourselves Simplicity
I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Acceptance Application Myself
I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Day Death Kind Music Myself
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Feeling Greatness Instrument Quality Sound Talk Yourself
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.
EDDIE VAN HALEN

Couple Guitar Myself Play Stain Time

I boil the strings so they stretch.

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