I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I was just a punk kid, trying to get a sound out of a guitar that I couldn't get off the rack,… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn't have to be an expensive one… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically,… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
... I played 'Eruption' two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there's a mistake… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I went to the zoo one day and saw a chimp playing with a beat-up acoustic guitar in a way I had… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn't have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren't playing this arena, if I were playing a club,… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
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… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
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 Copy Share
We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters. — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in,… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
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… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
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.… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
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… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
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… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
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… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share
