Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop … - Eddie Van Halen

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To excite in us tastes, odors, and sounds I believe that nothing is required in external bodies except shapes, numbers, and slow or rapid movements. . . . if ears, tongues, and noses were removed, shapes and numbers and motions would remain, but not odors or tastes or sounds.

Eddie Van Halen

Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let's put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don't.

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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

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I wanted a Gibson type sound, but with a Strat vibrato. . . I bought a body from Charvel for $50. 00 and a neck for $80. 00 - I slapped it together, put an old Gibson PAF in it and painted it up with the stripes

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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.

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We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.

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