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.
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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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.
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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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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 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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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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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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that’s not right, all the strings should be off.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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?
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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