If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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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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Holdsworth is so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing. I’ve got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he’ll do it with one hand.
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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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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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I boil the strings so they stretch.
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Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
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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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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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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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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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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 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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