Van Halen Quotes - Page 2

• When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.

  Dierks Bentley

  Play, Eruption, Vans

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• You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.

  Gary Cherone

  People, Stereotype, Break

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• Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

  Chuck Eddy

  Rocks, Band, Prime

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• If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.

  David Lee Roth

  Albums, Records, Vans

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• I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

  Dimebag Darrell

  Player, Rocks, Guy

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• In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.

  Sammy Hagar

  Heart, Soul, Ems

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• I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.

  Sammy Hagar

  Careers, Fans, Sides

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• Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.

  Sammy Hagar

  Stars, Rocks, Years

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• I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you practice and get your chops up, you can play like an Eddie Van Halen or a Steve Vai. But nobody can do what Thurston Moore does; he's his own guy. He talks through his instrument in a language that's all his own.

  Frank Iero

  Mean, Player, Practice

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• If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.

  Gary Cherone

  Thinking, Different, Records

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• Sometimes I'll listen to a little old Van Halen, or some Beatles, Zeppelin stuff, classical music... I like a lot of different things.

  Eric Carr

  Different, Zeppelins, Littles

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• When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

  Gary Cherone

  Hitting, Range, Notes

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• I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come close to having Ed’s [Eddie Van Halen's] fantastic combination of chops and musicianship. I rank him along with Charlie Parker and Art Tatum as one of the three greatest musicians of my lifetime. Unfortunately, I don’t think Ed puts himself in that class.

  Ted Templeman

  Art, Player, Thinking

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• I grew up in a very musical household. My brother had KISS and Van Halen records, but my parents loved country and show tunes, so I had all of those records when a kid. I pretty much knew exactly what I was going to do at a young age. I loved album covers, I loved listening to a record and staring at the art while listening to it. When I got older and discovered paining, drawing and PhotoShop, I was able to do both simultaneously; I enjoy making both.

  Piggy D.

  Country, Art, Brother

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• I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

  Alvin Lee

  Thinking, Guitar, Modern

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• My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.

  Dave Mustaine

  First Impression, Firsts, Vans

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• What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it wasn't intentional, it was hard to avoid copying Eddie Van Halen. He was basically the *bleep* back then.

  Tom Morello

  Mean, Player, Guitar

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• It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.

  Sammy Hagar

  Player, Guitar, Guy

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• The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.

  Henry Rollins

  Firsts, Albums, Rotten

  Henry Rollins (1996). “Do I Come Here Often”, 2.13.61 Publications

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• Rick Nielsen, Angus Young. Huge Eddie Van Halen fan when I was younger. Jimmy Page is an enormous one who impacts me. When you grow up with classic rock like that and then you get into punk rock, you defy your roots and where you came from. I never really went through that. Even when I started listening to the Clash or the Sex Pistols, I still always listened to Led Zeppelin or Kiss.

  Tad Kubler

  Growing Up, Kissing, Listening

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• Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.

  Zakk Wylde

  Player, Guitar, Doubt

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• Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and a bandana on my neck. Once I gripped that microphone stand, I did not let go! I plugged my microphone into a guitar FX pedal. Then at the end of the a Black Sabbath song we were covering, I hit the guitar pedal. It was horrific!

  Phil Anselmo

  Letting Go, Song, Guitar

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• If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package.

  Sammy Hagar

  Careers, Resumes, Solo

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• My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.

  Dimebag Darrell

  Brother, Hero, Writing

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• I've never really heard anybody imitating anything of mine the way they do with Edward Van Halen's stuff.

  Steve Vai

  Stuff, Way, Vans

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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