#lon

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#beach #city #college #contests #crazy

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! The judges were like, 'Very interesting interpretation!' I thought I was playing it right. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#beach #city #college #contests #crazy

I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#acoustic #acoustic guitar #along #ask #beat

It's all about sound. It's that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it's digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#add #along #between #could #digital

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#cool #fingers #happens #i #jerk

Good times don't last long sometimes. ↗

— Levon Helm

#good times #last #long #sometimes #times

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#dining #dining room #happy #i #room

I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with. I welcome the challenge. Besides, I get along with just about everyone. ↗

— Dante Hall

#along #am #anyone #besides #challenge

I've always gotten along best with artists. ↗