You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.
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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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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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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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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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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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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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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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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I’m just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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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