I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano tea…

Eddie Van Halen
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I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself. ✨ Eddie Van Halen reinvents the guitar. Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. February 4, 2009.
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I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself. ✨ Eddie Van Halen reinvents the guitar. Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. February 4, 2009.

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