Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let’s put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don’t.
EDDIE VAN HALENI’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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Cancer is like a cockroach. It just comes back stronger. I’m tearing apart the immune system of the cockroach and seeing how it ticks. I’ve opened up my own pathology center.
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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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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I’m gone.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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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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There’s a plaque on our wall that says we’ve sold over 65 million albums, and I don’t feel I’ve accomplished anything. I feel like I’m just getting started.
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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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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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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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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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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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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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