Steve Morse was the senior rock music critic at the Boston Globe for three decades and is the author of the Rock History<\/a> course at Berklee Online. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eddie Van Halen died this week and it hit me hard. I’ve seen the band Van Halen a number of times and was always floored by Eddie’s talent and imagination. I also was fortunate enough to interview him a few times for the Boston Globe<\/em>. So I pulled out seven Eddie quotes through the years that you might like to see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The way I look at it, is that we’re just a bunch of goofballs that play rock ‘n’ roll, but we’re honest goofballs. We’re not a bunch of poseurs. We never follow any trends. We’re the same as we’ve always been. We just try to crank out the best possible music for our fans. And because it’s not contrived or trendy, the fans pick up on that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Staying True to Yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n