Van Halen Quotes - Page 2

• Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

  Chuck Eddy

  Rocks, Band, Prime

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• When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.

  Dierks Bentley

  Play, Eruption, Vans

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• In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.

  Sammy Hagar

  Heart, Soul, Ems

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• I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

  Dimebag Darrell

  Player, Rocks, Guy

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• It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Writing, People, Singing

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• I believe that the art market is in a place similar to the music industry in 2005. Big changes are coming and the art market will most likely be very different in ten years. However, if you are the art equivalent of Van Halen, you don't really have to change anything. But if you are not Van Halen, then it is time to figure how to adapt to all the changes.

  Mark Edward

  Art, Believe, Years

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• Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?

  Billy Gibbons

  Guitar, Chords, Found

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• Sometimes I'll listen to a little old Van Halen, or some Beatles, Zeppelin stuff, classical music... I like a lot of different things.

  Eric Carr

  Different, Zeppelins, Littles

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• I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come close to having Ed’s [Eddie Van Halen's] fantastic combination of chops and musicianship. I rank him along with Charlie Parker and Art Tatum as one of the three greatest musicians of my lifetime. Unfortunately, I don’t think Ed puts himself in that class.

  Ted Templeman

  Art, Player, Thinking

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• If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.

  Gary Cherone

  Thinking, Different, Records

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• Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.

  Sammy Hagar

  Stars, Rocks, Years

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• When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

  Gary Cherone

  Hitting, Range, Notes

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• If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.

  David Lee Roth

  Albums, Records, Vans

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• The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.

  Henry Rollins

  Firsts, Albums, Rotten

  Henry Rollins (1996). “Do I Come Here Often”, 2.13.61 Publications

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• I like all of the typical hard rock bands. I'm an AC/DC fanatic. I love ZZ Top, just about any Van Halen, any Judas Priest, the list goes on and on, most of the Iron Maiden stuff. Those are the big bands, but I got my feel from, I grew up on Mountain and Humble Pie. That kind of stuff is where I get my feel from.

  Mark Mendoza

  Humble, Rocks, Iron

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

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• There's no great guitarist that doesn't sit down and listen to Chet Atkins and Eddie Van Halen, and all these other great players.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Player, Down And, Vans

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• I'm the only choice to make a record. And that's the only way I would do it. We'd have to make some new music. The fans deserve it. Van Halen's got some of the best fans on the planet.

  Sammy Hagar

  Choices, Fans, Records

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• Classic Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Modern Van Halen makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign cars.

  David Lee Roth

  People, Car, Classic

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I really think that Van Halen has two choices if they want to continue. And maybe they don't want to continue, because they don't seem to do much.

  Sammy Hagar

  Thinking, Two, Choices

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• Rick Nielsen, Angus Young. Huge Eddie Van Halen fan when I was younger. Jimmy Page is an enormous one who impacts me. When you grow up with classic rock like that and then you get into punk rock, you defy your roots and where you came from. I never really went through that. Even when I started listening to the Clash or the Sex Pistols, I still always listened to Led Zeppelin or Kiss.

  Tad Kubler

  Growing Up, Kissing, Listening

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• It's the most natural progression for me to becoming a singing sensation next. And so many people have offered to be on it. Eddie Van Halen... and Prince, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper will probably be a backup trio.

  Paul Reubens

  People, Singing, Next

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer.

  Sammy Hagar

  Team, Player, Guitar

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• That song ["Don't Tell Me"] didn't take us anywhere, and I know why now. It wasn't what Van Halen fans wanted. It showed the darkness of Van Halen, and basically the end of the band.

  Sammy Hagar

  Song, Darkness, Fans

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• I loved that song ["Don't Tell Me"], but man, it was dark. That song did nothing for Van Halen.

  Sammy Hagar

  Song, Dark, Men

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• I grew up in a very musical household. My brother had KISS and Van Halen records, but my parents loved country and show tunes, so I had all of those records when a kid. I pretty much knew exactly what I was going to do at a young age. I loved album covers, I loved listening to a record and staring at the art while listening to it. When I got older and discovered paining, drawing and PhotoShop, I was able to do both simultaneously; I enjoy making both.

  Piggy D.

  Country, Art, Brother

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