“I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.” AgeLessonsSixGuitarPianoHollandPiano Lesson Author:Eddie Van Halen
“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.” IfsTheoryGoes OnUniversalInstrumentsPiano 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
“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.” MeanPerfectRecordsOne ThingTheoryLessonsEarsGuitarPianoEric Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.” AgeMusicFiveLessonsPianoPiano Lesson 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
