Van Halen Quotes
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You've only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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After I had my dream, I got into numerology. Like my buddy's name is Bill, and I would say, "B is a two, and each I is a nine, and the L's are fours. And that's eight." I would figure out everybody's numerological single-digit number.
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I'm a natural behind the camera... My attentions are more toward behind the scenes, more toward creating, producing, and directing what's going on here... When I finally do pop in front of the lens, I'm genuinely glad and relieved to be there.
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He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.
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I'm just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.
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I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day.
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I think the two most difficult things to deal with in life are failure and success...
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Yeah, yeah, I've been Beatled, I've been Rolling Stoned.
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If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn't have to be an expensive one .. acoustic guitars aren't good for learning lead, because you can't play up very high on the neck and they take heavier-gauge strings which makes it hard to bend notes
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The downloads, the licensing, commercials, radio - it's made me more money than any song I've ever written, and it only went to No. 26. It wasn't a big hit at all. But it's a career song ["I Can't Drive 55"].
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I really think that Van Halen has two choices if they want to continue. And maybe they don't want to continue, because they don't seem to do much.
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The original sin is not that we are inherently flawed, born sinners, or imperfect; the original sin is that we do not recognize, realize that each of us is born perfect, exactly as the universe, God intended us to be. We are all perfect. The universe is perfect. Stop struggling against yourself. Accept that you are perfect. When you do, your highest self will shine through.
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I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I want to be part of everything.
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Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them...
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If you subtracted all of the great artists who never drank, who never went to excess, you wouldn't have any more art left. What kind of poem are you gonna get out of a glass of iced tea?
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"Rock Candy" was my first record. I had never been in a studio, so I was in shock and I had no idea if it was great or if it stunk. I was just putting in my heart and soul, and closing my eyes and keeping my fingers crossed. I gave it everything.
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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I'd say it ["I Can't Drive 55"] has probably been the most successful song I've ever been involved with, including any Van Halen songs.
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I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
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I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.