A Quote by Billy Gibbons

Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?

Billy Gibbons

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Billy Gibbons
American - Musician
Born: December 16, 1949

Greg Ginn was certainly a huge influence on my guitar playing. I put him up there with people like Eddie Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen changed everything; I don't necessarily like everything he did, but he definitely changed everything.

Buzz Osborne

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.

Dimebag Darrell

These days I don't look to other people with the objective of trying to steal their licks, although I've got no objections to stealing them if that seems like a good idea. I'm sure that I'm still influenced by Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen as well......I can't play like Eddie Van Halen. I wish I could. I sat down to try some of those ideas and can't do it. I don't know if I could ever get any of that stuff together. Sometimes I think I should work at the guitar more.

David Gilmour

To me, the secret of Eddie Van Halen was Alex Van Halen, because the way Alex played was so loose and the way the two of them locked together... Those two are connected so thoroughly they might as well be one person.

Paul Gilbert

Eddie Van Halen was probably the most influential.

Tony Iommi

So everybody is trying to play like Eddie Van Halen. I think it's rubbish. I think Eddie's great, but everyone's trying to do what he does and it doesn't make for a lot of interesting music.

Billy Squier

I do like Eddie Van Halen as a player. He gets it right quite often.

Paul McCartney

My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.

Dave Mustaine

Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.

Dimebag Darrell

I do remember being a kid and hearing Van Halen. My dad was always playing Van Halen in the car.

Nita Strauss

Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.

Zakk Wylde

I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race.

Al Unser

When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.

Dierks Bentley

At some point I decided I didn't want to learn any more guitar technique. I was at that level where the next mountain there was to climb was Van Halen and I didn't really like Van Halen.

Rostam Batmanglij

That song ["Don't Tell Me"] didn't take us anywhere, and I know why now. It wasn't what Van Halen fans wanted. It showed the darkness of Van Halen, and basically the end of the band.