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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#could #gave #kept #me #mine

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

The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#back #band #cause #chorus #come

The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#go #how #instrument #learn #other

There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#albums #anything #feel #getting #getting started

We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#better #doing #else #even #halfway

When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#clark #dave #five #funky #going

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it. ↗

— Esai Morales

#bringing #expects #i #i love #least

Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice. ↗

— Esai Morales

#color #i #i love #latino #love