A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
EDDIE VAN HALENMusic kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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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’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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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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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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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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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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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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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I’m not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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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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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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