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Eddie Van Halen Quotes

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing Picture Quote #1

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die Picture Quote #1

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass Picture Quote #1

Rock and Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics... chords, rhythm, scales and bends... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar Picture Quote #1

It’s Always about the music, never about anything else Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes I just want to lick David Lee Roth in the nuts Picture Quote #1

Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you’d know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant ‘Da da da da’ instead of ‘Boom boom boom boom!’ Who knows? Picture Quote #1

I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted! Picture Quote #1

Music is for people. The word ‘pop’ is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I’m just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I’m cool Picture Quote #1

Bass is for people who can’t play guitar Picture Quote #1

It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different Picture Quote #1

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The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months Picture Quote #1

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.’ Picture Quote #1

I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I - what’s the word? I’m not - normal Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I’ve always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate ‘cause I like the feel of it; I’m still a teenager at heart Picture Quote #1

On ‘Van Halen,’ I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I’d say that at the time of ‘Fair Warning,’ I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people’s minds I’m just a gunslinger Picture Quote #1

The one thing I do have is good ears. I don’t mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records Picture Quote #1

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I mean it’s funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it’s not competitive like an election, it’s the Olympics, it’s not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like Picture Quote #1

I can’t read music. Instead, I’d do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! Picture Quote #1

David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C’mon - Van Halen doing ‘Dancing in the Streets’? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else’s music Picture Quote #1

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family Picture Quote #1

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove Picture Quote #1

When I’m home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It’s a feeling few people experience, and that’s usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can’t force myself. I don’t sit down and say I’ve got to practice Picture Quote #1

... I played ‘Eruption’ two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there’s a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could’ve played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I’d never heard a guitar sound like that before Picture Quote #1

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother Picture Quote #1

And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn’t have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird stuff on the guitar was I couldn’t afford effects pedals, I didn’t have all this stuff when I was a kid so I just tried to squeeze all the weird noises I could out of the guitar, which brings me to building guitars Picture Quote #1

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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. (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die. (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) Rock and Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics... chords, rhythm, scales and bends... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) It’s Always about the music, never about anything else (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) 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 (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) Sometimes I just want to lick David Lee Roth in the nuts (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you’d know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant ‘Da da da da’ instead of ‘Boom boom boom boom!’ Who knows? (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted! (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) Music is for people. The word ‘pop’ is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I’m just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I’m cool (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) Bass is for people who can’t play guitar (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) 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.’ (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I - what’s the word? I’m not - normal (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) I don’t feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I’ve always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate ‘cause I like the feel of it; I’m still a teenager at heart (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) On ‘Van Halen,’ I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I’d say that at the time of ‘Fair Warning,’ I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people’s minds I’m just a gunslinger (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) The one thing I do have is good ears. I don’t mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) I mean it’s funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it’s not competitive like an election, it’s the Olympics, it’s not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) I can’t read music. Instead, I’d do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C’mon - Van Halen doing ‘Dancing in the Streets’? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else’s music (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) 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 (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) 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 (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) When I’m home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It’s a feeling few people experience, and that’s usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can’t force myself. I don’t sit down and say I’ve got to practice. (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) ... I played ‘Eruption’ two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there’s a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could’ve played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I’d never heard a guitar sound like that before... (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother. (Eddie Van Halen Quotes) And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn’t have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird stuff on the guitar was I couldn’t afford effects pedals, I didn’t have all this stuff when I was a kid so I just tried to squeeze all the weird noises I could out of the guitar, which brings me to building guitars. (Eddie Van Halen Quotes)

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