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.
EDDIE VAN HALENBest believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it 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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I have selective hearing.
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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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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’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I’m just so blessed.
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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.
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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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