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 HALENThe piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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I’m just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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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’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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I have selective hearing.
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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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A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that’s not right, all the strings should be off.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
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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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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 the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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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’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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