“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
“I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that's when I started getting my own style.” FirstsUsedThreeMy OwnStyleFindingsFingersSpreadMy Own Style Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Tuborg. My brother would go out to party and get laid, come home at 3am., and I would still be playing with myself.” StillsHomeUsedPartyPracticeBrotherBedSixEdgesMy BrotherComing HomePacksGetting LaidSix Packs Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Fast is only cool if it's melodic and has substance.” IfsFunnyInspiringSubstanceGuitarist Author:Yngwie Malmsteen
“When I think of a lot of the players I admire, they could always play their parts without hiding behind distortion and sustain. Put the time in. Hear your mistakes. Yeah, it sucks, it's humbling, it makes you want to throw the guitar out the window. But if you work on your mistakes, they'll eventually go away, and you'll become a strong player.” IfsThinkingWantPlayStrongBehindsMistakePlayerWindowYeahGuitarAdmireGoing AwayHidingDistortionHumbling Author:John Petrucci
“I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven.” TryingHeavenSymbolsConnectingContinuityReconstructing Author:Anselm Kiefer
“As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning of something new, you can do something with them.” ChildrenHouseCan DoWonderfulRuinsSomething NewToysBricksCan Do SomethingNew You Author:Anselm Kiefer
“History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.” People Author:Anselm Kiefer
“When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else.” EndsHouseSubjectsErasGermanySpokesNazi1960sTabooDifferent Eras Author:Anselm Kiefer