Song Quotes by Eddie Van Halen

I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.

— Eddie Van Halen

Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.

— Eddie Van Halen

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

— Eddie Van Halen

It's all about sound. It's that simple.

— Eddie Van Halen

It's Always about the music, never about anything else

— Eddie Van Halen

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

— Eddie Van Halen

Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead…

— Eddie Van Halen

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes…

— Eddie Van Halen

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

I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.

— Eddie Van Halen

The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to…

— Eddie Van Halen

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

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like…

— Eddie Van Halen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say…

— Eddie Van Halen

Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let's put it…

— Eddie Van Halen

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

I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding…

— Eddie Van Halen

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

Jimmy Page is an excellent producer. Led Zeppelin I and II are classics. As a player he's very good in the studio,…

— Eddie Van Halen

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

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

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

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

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

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like…

— Eddie Van Halen