Van Halen Quotes
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I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged.
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Holdsworth is so damned good that I can't cop anything. I can't understand what he's doing. I've got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he'll do it with one hand.
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Bass is for people who can't play guitar...
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I'm a family man. I personally started 3 or 4 families last year.
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Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.
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I'm a family oriented guy; I've personally started four or five this year.
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Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.
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I don't want to try to force anything, because I'm really happy with Chickenfoot; my new record with them is phenomenal.
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The best time is during the struggle. The top of the mountain is usually small, freezing and lonesome. To this day I'm continually reinvesting myself in something new. I'm not afraid to start as a beginner in anything.
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The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.
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Van Halen is a work in progress.
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Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer.
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I was just a punk kid, trying to get a sound out of a guitar that I couldn't get off the rack, so I built one myself ... I wanted a Gibson type of sound but with a Strat vibrato .. I went to town painting it and I put three pickups back in, but they don't work - only the rear one works...
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I'm just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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Everything comes to me while I'm sitting on the pot.
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I just wanted to be in show biz. I wanted to make music and sing and dance, tell jokes and stories, make ya smile, make ya cry - and charge you $ 8.50...
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In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing.
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I look at Van Halen as social workers. What we're really doing is creating jobs for rock critics.
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You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so youd better do some good while you are here.
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It took me a long time to put it to use in things, but the name of my publishing company is Nine Music, and "Red" became my theme song.
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Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to do lyrics - well, there's a Freudian slip. That's not even a slip, that's a Freudian move: I said going to do lyrics. If you really want it to ring true, you'll live it first. Go really get your heart broken!
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You've only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.
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If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.