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Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
Dutch Musician
Born: Jan 26, 1955
Always Guitar Me Music People You
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It's always about the music, never about anything else. Eddie Van Halen
Music Else About Never Always Anything Anything Else
There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release. Eddie Van Halen
Creative Creative Process Three First Finally Release Inspiration Execution Parts Process Then Really
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
Today Simplicity Path Down Out Van Van Halen Halen Liked Rock Always Rock And Roll Fame Roll Just Even Played Started
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
Me Cancer Drinking Inside Something Beaten Had Operation Hip Hand Replacement Done Just Stopped
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
Music Day Me Heart Cause Different Kinds Older Teenager Approach Kinds Feel Hairs Stuff Arm Like Always Still Been Off Loud Than Gets Move Vibrate Different Body Play
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
Funny Music You People Election Charts Like Well Course How Just Want Formula Race Mean Them Billboard Show Playing Competitive Olympics
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
You Hate Situation Catch-22 Always Same Different
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
Music Home You Song Feeling Half Stupid Own Else Dancing Way Way Home Van Would Van Halen Someone My Own Rather David Had Songs Idea Like Halen Doing Were Covered Lee Than Successful Roth Bomb Streets Started Playing
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
Work Music People Word Long Fingers Simply Like Make Brain Normal Short Just Happens Pop Means Who Cool Popular Jerk
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
Me Guitar Building Kid Out Would Guitars Tried Could Taken Weird Stuff Noises Forced Effects Afford Squeeze Done Just Which Lessons Brings
I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk. Eddie Van Halen
Drunk Out Since Sound Anymore Cut Tongue
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. Eddie Van Halen
Age Guitar Took Guitar Lessons Classical Piano Piano Lessons Never Six Holland Lessons Lived
The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone. Eddie Van Halen
Family Long Gone Van Van Halen Name Halen Go Legacy Going After
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
Myself Word Consider Slightly Bear Normal Just Average Your
Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can't, then you'd better be having fun. Eddie Van Halen
Love Music Great You Better Pay Having Having Fun Until Obviously Rent Get Where Want Anything Rhythm Then Fun Play Need
I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for. Eddie Van Halen
Music Day Me Son Guitar Wait Saw Able More Could Beat Foot Never Never Forget Knew Along Pictures For The Day Know Make Court Tall His Tapping Forget Sitting Just Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Ask Then Pajamas
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. Eddie Van Halen
Our Sold Says Feel Over Like Accomplished Wall Getting Just Getting Started Anything Million Started Albums
I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record. Eddie Van Halen
Band Unless Record Tour Said Going
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. Eddie Van Halen
You Other Piano Instrument Learn Read How Go Any Your Theory Start Universal
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. Eddie Van Halen
Teacher Myself Good Blessed Ears Kind Good Pair Fingers Fooled Piano Learned How His Listen Just Just Kind Pair Watch Basically
Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with? Probably the one that I haven't hung most with recently. Eddie Van Halen
You Song Every Kid Hung Kids Favorite Like Most How Hang Which Many Recently
On 'Honeybabysweetiedoll' I used a Whammy, a Boss OC-3 octave box, a Sustainer and a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler. That's only on the intro, where all those weird noises are happening. Eddie Van Halen
Delay Those Boss Only Weird Noises Box Line Where Happening Used
The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation. Eddie Van Halen
Love Cause Band Live Back Minutes About Only Stuff Come Liked Go Off Verses End Improvisation Jam The Only Thing Them Cream Then Really Chorus Thing Played Two
I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics. Eddie Van Halen
Music Me Will Lyrics Inspires Write Know Really Tone Set
It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing. Eddie Van Halen
Music Me You People Old Singing Back Solo Solo Record Van Would Van Halen Would-Be Record Similar Write Halen Well Without Always Question Did Same Going Anyway Which Meaning Asking
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
Music Me Crazy College Long First Down Kids Out City Inside Kinds Beach Long Beach Piano Put Instead Stuff Like Annual Read Contests Years Won Prize Crazy Things Used Things Row Two
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