“I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I've always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate 'cause I like the feel of it; I'm still a teenager at heart.” FeelsHeartKindStillsDifferentPlayBodyMovingCausesStuffHairArmsApproachTeenagerLoudDifferent KindsVibrate Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.” KindDoneDiesStuffAll Kinds 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 started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.” KindDoneStuffGuitarAll KindsStringsPullingTappingWeird Stuff Author:Eddie Van Halen
“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.” KindWatchesTeacherEarsBlessedFingersPianoPairsFooledPiano Teachers Author:Eddie Van Halen
“It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I'm just so blessed.” PeopleMenFeelsKindHe ManBlessedUpstairs Author:Eddie Van Halen
“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.” IfsKindSaidSelfishLikesHalfwayYou Like ItDoing YouBeing SelfishHalfway There Author:Eddie Van Halen
