Words Of Wisdom By Eddie Van Halen Who Dies At 65
Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitarist left us all at the age of 65 after battling throat cancer. The news comes forward by a close source of Eddie Van Halen’s family. The member of Van Halen band established himself as one of the most innovative, fast and controlled guitarists of all times.
The amazing talent is known for his solo acts from 1972. Eddie Van Halen even worked on Michael Jackson’s hit ‘Beat It’ with a stunning solo act. He was known for his tapping guitar technique and his ability to allow rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard. The man was a legend, no doubt.
To The Man Of All The Hours..
Eddie Van Halen left us with his hits like, ‘Jump’, ‘Panama’ and ‘Hot For Teacher’. He bagged the position of No.8 in the list of 100 greatest guitarist by the Rolling Stone magazine and, also is among the top 20 best-selling musicians of all time.
There is no denying that if you know the man, you know all his great pieces of work. But he was not only known for his music but a dashing personality, as well. When Eddie Van Halen spoke on any topic, he made sure he connected with his audience because that’s how wise he was. And, also because he experienced his life so differently than any other artist.
To celebrate an incredible life he lived and his plethora of music, we want to show all the times Eddie Van Halen gave us his words of wisdom.
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Quotes To Remember by Eddie Van Halen
1. “There’s a plaque on our wall that says we’ve sold over 65 million albums, and I don’t feel I’ve accomplished anything. I feel like I’m just getting started.“
2. “It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.“
3. “Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.“
4. “A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.“
5. “It’s always about the music, never about anything else.“
We Will Continue To Love Him..
6. “I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.“
7. “The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.“
8. “Cancer is like a cockroach. It just comes back stronger. I’m tearing apart the immune system of the cockroach and seeing how it ticks. I’ve opened up my own pathology center.“
9. “Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren’t playing this arena, if I were playing a club, I’d still be doing it because that’s what I want to do. I love playing the guitar.“
10. “I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.“
By: Aatira Kakroo
