Eddie Van Halen Quotes About Music

Quotes about: Music

• I played 'Eruption' two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there's a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could've played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I'd never heard a guitar sound like that before.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Mistake, Men

• Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it's important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head

  Eddie Van Halen

  Funny, Inspiring, Music

• To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Sound, Hell

• Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Phrases, Patterns

• I wanted a Gibson type sound, but with a Strat vibrato ... I bought a body from Charvel for $50.00 and a neck for $80.00 - I slapped it together, put an old Gibson PAF in it and painted it up with the stripes

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Stripes, Together

• Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Rocks, Guitar

• 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

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Guitar, Play

• I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Piano, Age

• 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

  Eddie Van Halen

  Music, Kids, Guitar

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