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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#business #certainly #dreamt #fame #famous

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#america #brother #classical #except #good

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#dad #forgotten #gone #never #wherever

I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#band #direction #i #las #las vegas

I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#blessed #ears #fingers #fooled #good

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#even #help #i #i can #kid

Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows? ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#boom #exactly #had #imagine #instead

It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#anyway #asking #back #comes #did

Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can't, then you'd better be having fun. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#better #fun #get #great #having

The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#developed #ear #ears #eric #eric clapton