“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
“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.” TwoEndsCausesStuffMinutesBandVersesCreamJamImprovisationChorus Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Best believe that needle hurt you Best to see these true colors Than follow one of your false virtues A little secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?” ThinkingBelieveLittlesStuffHurtSecretVirtueCrazyColorInkNeedlesMake You ThinkTrue ColorsBest Believe 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
“When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.” PeopleI CanTwoPlayFeelingsHomeThreeForceStuffHoursRoomsBreakPracticeMeditationFlowDown AndGuitarCome UpLocksWeird Stuff Author:Eddie Van Halen
