I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
EDDIE VAN HALENNirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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It’s all about sound. It’s that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it’s digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros.
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Best 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?
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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.
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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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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
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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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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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