It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention. — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument. — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
When Frank Zappa would get an idea for a song, he just did it. He didn't wait for anybody or expect anyone… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I just like plugging directly into my amp. I'm tired of trying to impress myself with… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Reps once took chances on art, History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
... you watch Jimi Hendrix literally reinvent the instrument. He was playing from somewhere else. He was really a kind of hybrid,… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Lenny Breau was a genius - inspired and really loose. I loved how he used the guitar as an extension of his… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Most people are fascinated to see someone play an instrument in an inspired way. We are moved by witnessing musical brilliance, and… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
It's always funny to me when people use the phrase 'Best guitar player in the world'. There are too many variables such… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Jeff Beck is compelled by his inner artistic drive to keep evolving the instrument. He'll use the whammy bar with the volume… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I can count on one hand the people who are legendary in my book, and Tom Waits is certainly right at the… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made. — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old and I… — Steve Vai Copy Share
You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made. — Steve Vai Copy Share
I can tell you this: I'm an extremely passionate individual. I try to be careful how I display it because you never know how… — Steve Vai Copy Share
Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical.… — Steve Vai Copy Share
I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems… — Steve Vai Copy Share
I've never really heard anybody imitating anything of mine the way they do with Edward Van Halen's stuff. — Steve Vai Copy Share
My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today,… — Steve Vai Copy Share
There's very notable dynamics in all of the collaborations I've done. It's hard to say if one is more important than the other, but… — Steve Vai Copy Share
I awake, I meditate, get the kids off to school, go to the gym, go to the Favored Nations office, and usually at around… — Steve Vai Copy Share
I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff like that.… — Steve Vai Copy Share
Baby don't wake me, let me take you on an endless journey. We touch and the softest kiss explodes with lust. It's real and… — Steve Vai Copy Share
We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess. Favored Nations will be… — Steve Vai Copy Share
That's the thing about great artists: They find the thing that's most obvious to themselves, what's most conscious and natural, and they put it… — Steve Vai Copy Share
