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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.

Eddie Van Halen

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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Death Musician Rock Stardom
We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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Live Money Music Ourselves Simplicity
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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Digital Myself Simplicity Sound Start
I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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Acceptance Application Myself
It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
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Different Hate Situation Yourself
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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Fingers Hands Myself Old Start Style
If you have a great-sounding guitar that’s a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that’s the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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Feeling Greatness Instrument Quality Sound Talk Yourself
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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Beginning Mark Pattern Rhythm Yourself
You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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Creativity Freedom Music Yourself
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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Cancer Drink Hands Myself Operation Replacement
My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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Drum Guitar Myself Son
Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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Children Myself Oneself Song
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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Band Direction Himself Myself Try
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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Inspirational Lyrics Music Myself Writing
I have selective hearing.
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Hear Myself Selection
I’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.
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Break Leaving Myself Replacement String

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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