I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
EDDIE VAN HALENThe name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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There’s a plaque on our wall that says we’ve sold over 65 million albums, and I don’t feel I’ve accomplished anything. I feel like I’m just getting started.
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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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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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I think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
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I’ll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I’m recording. If I break one I’ll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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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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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?
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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.
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