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Christianity is part of the Common Law of England. ↗

— Matthew Hale

#common #common law #england #law #part

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time. ↗

— Matthew Hale

#accomplish #business #economize #learn #more

It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with no one else for 15 minutes, we'd be at each other's throats. ↗

— Alex Van Halen

#brother #each #eddie #else #guitarist

You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here. ↗

— Alex Van Halen

#come #good #here #leave #nothing

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#eventually #famous #get #just #just be

A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.' ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#album #artist #best #brings #good

Cancer is like a cockroach. It just comes back stronger. I'm tearing apart the immune system of the cockroach and seeing how it ticks. I've opened up my own pathology center. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#back #cancer #center #cockroach #comes

David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#covered #dancing #david #doing #else

'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#carnal #four #hand #immediate #knowledge

I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

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