Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
EDDIE VAN HALENPractice. 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.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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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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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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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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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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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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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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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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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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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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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A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
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