Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
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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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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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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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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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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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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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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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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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.
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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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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.
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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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