“If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.” IfsI CanHelpingKidsPassionWonderfulWonderful ThingsPassion For Music Author:Eddie Van Halen
“On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.” PeopleMindKidsYoungAttitudeFairsTownsSongwritingWarningPunkVansConcentratingGunslingerVan Halen Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?” KidsSong Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.” FeelsPlayKidsCertainAsksStarsSituationRocksFameAsk MeLeaving MeRock StarMe AloneLeave Me AloneJust Leave Me Alone Author:Eddie Van Halen
“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!” YearsFirstsKindLongI CanTwoKidsUsedStuffCitiesCrazyCollegeAll KindsBeachPianoPrizeTwo YearsContestsAnnualsCrazy ThingsLong Beach Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I was just a punk kid, trying to get a sound out of a guitar that I couldn't get off the rack, so I built one myself ... I wanted a Gibson type of sound but with a Strat vibrato .. I went to town painting it and I put three pickups back in, but they don't work - only the rear one works” TryingKidsWantedThreeSoundMusicPaintingTypeBuiltTownsGuitarPunkRacksPickups Author:Eddie Van Halen
“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. Music education and families are dealing with the economic times, and I wanted to help them. If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.” IfsI CanHelpingKidsWantedPassionWonderfulTroubleEconomicStreetsMinesWonderful ThingsMusic EducationPassion For Music Author:Eddie Van Halen
“And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn't have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird stuff on the guitar was I couldn't afford effects pedals, I didn't have all this stuff when I was a kid so I just tried to squeeze all the weird noises I could out of the guitar, which brings me to building guitars.” IfsDoneKidsStuffTakenEffectsBuildingLessonsGuitarNoisePedalsWeird Stuff Author:Eddie Van Halen
