You Only Have 12 Notes. Do What

I Was Just A Punk Kid, Trying To Get A Sound Out Of A Guitar That I Couldn't Get Off The Rack, So I Built One Myself ... I Wanted A Gibson Type Of Sound But With A Strat Vibrato .. I Went To Town Painting It And I Put Three Pickups Back In, But They Don't Work - Only The Rear One Works

You Know, Most People, They Want To Go To Hollywood. They Want To Be A Star. They Want To Be A Rock Star. That Thought Never Entered Any Of Our Minds, The Van Halen Family.

I Played 'eruption' Two Times For The Record, And We Kept The One That Seemed To Flow ... There's A Mistake At The Top End Of It Whenever I Hear It, I Always Think, Man I Could've Played It Better ... But I Like The Way It Sounds. I'd Never Heard A Guitar Sound Like That Before.

Some People Think A Song Without Words Isn't A Real Song. Tell That To Beethoven And He'll Kick Your Ass!

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.