Eddie Van Halen
Related Greg Ginn was certainly a huge influence on my guitar playing. I put him up there with people like E... BUZZ OSBORNE DIMEBAG DARRELL DIMEBAG DARRELL The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen. ALEX VAN HALEN ALVIN LEE DIERKS BENTLEY I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race. AL UNSER DIMEBAG DARRELL I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race. AL UNSER There is, of course, a chicken-and-egg element here: does someone gravitate to the role of Eddie van... STEVEN KURUTZ DAVE NAVARRO SAMMY HAGAR GARY CHERONE SAMMY HAGAR I was a huge 'Pyromania' fan. You would never expect it, but I was in love with Iron Maiden;... TIESTO EDDIE VAN HALEN TED NUGENT SAMMY HAGAR DAVID LEE ROTH I was in school with Dweezil Zappa, Frank Zappa's son, and we had a band. Only in L.A. could stu... GREG KURSTIN GARY CHERONE SAMMY HAGAR FRANK IERO Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived. ZAKK WYLDE EDDIE VAN HALEN SAMMY HAGAR GARY CHERONE At times, I think, 'What would I rather be doing than music?' That's what you have to as... NAYVADIUS CASH EDDIE VAN HALEN Then at high school I got an electric guitar and a book with some photos of Eddie Van Halen in it an... LUKE BUDA Van Halen is a work in progress. ALEX VAN HALEN GARY CHERONE However you feel about Dimebag, this is one of the most influential metal guitar players of the '... GLENN DANZIG Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's... CAM Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically ... NATE RUESS Sometimes I'll listen to a little old Van Halen, or some Beatles, Zeppelin stuff, classical music...... ERIC CARR I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'... TAJ MAHAL It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON STEVE VAI GARY CHERONE SAMMY HAGAR People always say, 'How is it to be so successful?' I'm not successful yet. Richard Bran... AFROJACK If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon! SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON The Alanis Morissette tour, everybody thinks that was all sitting around, lighting candles and talki... TAYLOR HAWKINS 'Captain America' I love, and that would be great, but c'mon, a Frenchman doing 'Cap... LOUIS LETERRIER PAUL MCCARTNEY I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behin... MOHSEN MAKHMALBAF When I first started, the very first body of music I made when I got signed to Atlantic were songs w... WYNTER GORDON GARY CHERONE More and more, I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a disti... JOHN DARNIELLE When I started playing the bass, I became kind of fascinated by it and started investigating various... ANDY ROURKE I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwr... BRUCE COCKBURN ACTION BRONSON I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON TRENT REZNOR BRITTANY HOWARD I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing. DWEEZIL ZAPPA HENRY ROLLINS I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's m... BRYCE HARPER SAMMY HAGAR Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced... GARY NUMAN It doesn't sound that cool to say it, but I still get nervous for any show. But it's differe... JOSH DUN It's so funny because if you tweet your lyrics and then you hear it in a song next week, you'... ESTER DEAN DAVID LEE ROTH I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living ... BRUCE COCKBURN MICHAEL KORDA About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the worl... LUDACRIS EDDIE VAN HALEN He's a great front man. He added a lot to the early days of Van Halen. JEFF BUTLER GARY CHERONE TERRY PRATCHETT MICHAEL DELL When I'm playing with the band or playing with some projects or some of my own stuff it's ab... ERIC SAN DAVID ARCHULETA CHARLI XCX POST MALONE Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON 'Just Can't Let You Go' is a song about passion. It's when you have such a strong pa... MANIKA EDDIE VAN HALEN BARBARA CORCORAN My biggest accomplishment was playing 'Lark' on the daytime drama Port Charles because it wa... AMY WEBER TOM WAITS TRENT REZNOR I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES When you're making music, it's meant to be shared with people. Sometimes, even if I'm wr... BENNY BLANCO You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell t... JAKE OWEN JOSH HARTNETT GEORGE BRETT Jump! VAN HALEN I like to interpret 'Call me a River', as if I'm saying, 'Now you're telling me ... DIANA KRALL EARL MONROE CHAKA KHAN
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VAN HALEN It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a roo... ALEX VAN HALEN It's nice seeing everybody again - not that I am implying that I have a close personal relationship ... ALEX VAN HALEN You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while y... ALEX VAN HALEN Some things are impossible. ALEX VAN HALEN There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direct... ALEX VAN HALEN When you leave the planet, you leave music behind. ALEX VAN HALEN Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are... ALEX VAN HALEN We're having a blast. Just four friends getting together. ALEX VAN HALEN Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great. ALEX VAN HALEN On a personal level, we all get along fine. ALEX VAN HALEN Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done. ALEX VAN HALEN It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room wi... ALEX VAN HALEN Sammy and I got together and it was like we hadn't missed a beat. ALEX VAN HALEN Van Halen is a work in progress. ALEX VAN HALEN The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen. ALEX VAN HALEN Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness. ALEX VAN HALEN There is a volatile mix, and that's because we're all intense. And there's no denying that. ALEX VAN HALEN When the tour is done, that's the end of the U.S. tour. We'll regroup and see what we're... ALEX VAN HALEN There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same di... ALEX VAN HALEN Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's grea... ALEX VAN HALEN At our age, you don't want to stop. ALEX VAN HALEN It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't u... ALEX VAN HALEN We're very needy people, you know. ALEX VAN HALEN You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good whi... ALEX VAN HALEN We're having a blast. Just four friends getting together. ALEX VAN HALEN Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done. ALEX VAN HALEN You don't leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands. ALEX VAN HALEN Nobody sets out to make a bad record. ALEX VAN HALEN There is a volatile mix, and that's because we're all intense. And there's no denying th... ALEX VAN HALEN Music is a dialogue. ALEX VAN HALEN Sammy and I got together and it was like we hadn't missed a beat. ALEX VAN HALEN Two souls and one thought, two hearts and one pulse. HALEN Sammy and I got together and it was like we hadn't missed a beat. ALEX HALEN Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are... ALEX HALEN We're having a blast. Just four friends getting together. ALEX HALEN When you leave the planet, you leave music behind. ALEX HALEN On a personal level, we all get along fine. ALEX HALEN There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direct... ALEX HALEN Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done. ALEX HALEN Some things are impossible. ALEX HALEN It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room wi... ALEX HALEN You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while y... ALEX HALEN My favorite part of the conference is going to be the candle-lighting ceremony. It's kind of a senti... TIFFANY HALEN People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to ... EDDIE HUANG EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE REDMAYNE Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion. EDDIE TRUNK EDDIE REDMAYNE Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respe... EDDIE TRUNK EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER EDDIE VEDDER I still love radio, but TV is also an awesome platform. EDDIE TRUNK I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artist... EDDIE TRUNK I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I ... EDDIE TRUNK My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music. EDDIE TRUNK I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I lik... EDDIE TRUNK I am so appreciative of all the attention I've gotten, especially since I don't ever conside... EDDIE TRUNK When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the in... EDDIE TRUNK I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn't say about himself many times. EDDIE TRUNK Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable. EDDIE TRUNK It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a gro... EDDIE TRUNK One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews. EDDIE TRUNK People sometimes tell me that I don't talk or act or look like a metal fan. Well, what does a me... EDDIE TRUNK I've known Bret Michaels forever. EDDIE TRUNK I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, &#... EDDIE TRUNK One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lo... EDDIE TRUNK I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some v... EDDIE TRUNK The biggest compliments I've heard about 'That Metal Show' are the ones from people that... EDDIE TRUNK VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show. EDDIE TRUNK How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the materia... EDDIE TRUNK One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without que... EDDIE TRUNK The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? ... EDDIE TRUNK People tell me all the time I should stop and smell the roses, but I can't. I'm always think... EDDIE TRUNK Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like J... EDDIE TRUNK Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it. EDDIE TRUNK They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that.... EDDIE SLOVIK I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime y... EDDIE SLOVIK I think I'm going to have a lot of trouble. EDDIE SLOVIK Army life don't agree with me. EDDIE SLOVIK The only luck I had in my life was when I married you. I knew it wouldn't last because I was too... EDDIE SLOVIK I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial. EDDIE SLOVIK I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going. EDDIE SLOVIK Everything happens to me. I've never had a streak of luck in my life. EDDIE SLOVIK Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky. 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Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off tha... 
My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace F... 
I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't ta... 
When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen. 
Van Halen would be awesome -- I'd just love to sit and hang with Ed [Van Halen]. 
If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resum... 
Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There a... 
It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who e... 
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Eddie Van Halen is certainly one of the top innovative virtuosos in history. 
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Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade. 
When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those regist... 
I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you p... 
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I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a goo... 
You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs tha... 
I'd much rather be worrying about playing that note in tune, and picking out the best way to arr... 
Every time I'm home, it's like a vacation, but I've been playing in bands since I was 11... 
The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdress... 
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while q... 
You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... 
It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would muc... 
People ask me all the time, 'How can I become a successful entrepreneur?' And I have to be h... 
What I've learned is that music affects the way you feel. A song can change someone's life. 
Whenever I'm writing a song, if I have an idea for the music video, that's how I know it'... 
I started making music... I guess I was 12, and I started playing 'Guitar Hero.' And you kno... 
Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren't playing this arena, if I were playin... 
My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There'... 
I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man ... 
The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else f... 
I've had my heart broken, and it's not fun. But I'd rather have my heart broken than bre... 
There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started ... 
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So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president -... 
I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get... 
Velvet is great. It's warm as well. And it's snug. 
Two years ago, I shot 'Pillars of the Earth' in Budapest - it was a big part, but I had a lo... 
If it's a good cause, I'll play just about anything. 
Sports of every sort had always appealed to me. 
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy ... 
Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, ... 
My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was bas... 