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I boil the strings so they stretch.

Eddie Van Halen

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
I boil the strings so they stretch.
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Myself Stretch
I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
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Average Myself Normal Ordinary Word
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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Myself Play Song Way Writing
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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Creative Execution Inspirational Release
It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
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Different Hate Situation Yourself
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.
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Cancer Hospital Immunity Myself Open Strong System
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
Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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Appeal Big People
I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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Day Death Kind Music Myself
I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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Age Education Instrument Lesson Music Time
We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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Live Money Music Ourselves Simplicity
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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Early Growth Musician Myself
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
You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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Creativity Freedom Music Yourself
I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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Myself Passion Writing

I boil the strings so they stretch.

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