I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’ll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I’m recording. If I break one I’ll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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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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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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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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he’s working with. You shouldn’t be able to listen to something and say, ‘So-and-so produced this album.
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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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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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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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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’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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I have selective hearing.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that’s when I started getting my own style.
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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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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.
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