Music is for people. The word ‘pop’ is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I’m just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I’m cool.
EDDIE VAN HALENI never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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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When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.
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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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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.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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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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I’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.’
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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Best believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
EDDIE VAN HALEN