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.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’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.’
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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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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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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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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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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 have selective hearing.
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