More From Eddie Van Halen
- "We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters."
- "On ‘Van Halen,’ I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I’d say that at the time of ‘Fair Warning,’ I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people’s minds I’m just a gunslinger."
- "It’s funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: ‘So, what does it take to make it?’ Well, first explain to me what you mean by ‘making it’: Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?"
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- "It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf."― Walter Lippmann
- "I’ve always loved music, but I never really played anything. After ‘Walk the Line’ and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music."― Joaquin Phoenix
- "We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters."― Eddie Van Halen