I boil the strings so they stretch.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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.
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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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 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 just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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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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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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I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.
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