We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters. — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming. — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass! — 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
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
It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?'… — 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 can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I wanted a Gibson type sound, but with a Strat vibrato ... I bought a body from Charvel for $50.00 and a… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else… — 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
Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me… — 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 talk, that's… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
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 Image
We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters. — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
