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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.

~Eddie Van Halen

Topics: Billboard Charts Competitive Course Election Formula Funny How Just Like Mean Music Olympics People Playing Race Show Them Want Well You

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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, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

~Eddie Van Halen

Topics: Being Business Certainly Dreamt Fame Famous Glitter Glory Livelihood Meaning Musician Never Part Rock Rock Star Star Wanted Would

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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 likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.

~Eddie Van Halen

Topics: Always Better Doing Else Even Halfway Kind Least Like Likes Living Make Music Said Selfish Someone You

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Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I've never had very big hands, but I could do the splits with them. Eventually I couldn't any more. I had a twisted tendon in my little finger that prevented me from being able to stretch.

~Eddie Van Halen

Topics: Able Any Before Being Big Could Eventually Finger Fingers Had Hand Hands Left Little Me More Never Open Operation Splits Stretch Them Twisted Very Way

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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

Topics: Always Break Guitars Instead Just Leave New Putting Recording Replace Same Set Strings Whole

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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

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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.

~Eddie Van Halen

Topics: Age Classical Guitar Holland Lessons Lived Never Piano Piano Lessons Six Took

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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

Topics: About Back Band Cause Chorus Come Cream End Go Improvisation Jam Liked Live Love Minutes Off Only Played Really Stuff The Only Thing Them Then Thing Two Verses I Love

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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

Topics: Clapton Developed Ear Ears Eric Except Good Guitar Had Lesson Life Mean My Life Never Off One Thing Perfect Piano Picking Pitch Records The One Thing Theory Thing Things Through Up

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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

Topics: After Break Come Down Experience Feeling Few Few People Flows Force Getting Got Guitar Home Hours Just Lock Meditation Myself People Play Practice Room Say Sit Start Stuff Three Total Two Up Weird

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Musician

Born: January 26th, 1955

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