Eddie Van Halen Quotes
A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that's not right, all the strings should be off.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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My mother is my hero.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.
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Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery that one has been deeply, persistently, and utterly wrong.
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A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that's not right, all the strings should be off.
