I don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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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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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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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I think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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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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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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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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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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