I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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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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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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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.
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I think Clapton is brilliant. He’s the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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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 applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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Bass is for people who can’t play guitar.
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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
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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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