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title: "1 Guitar Really Quotes By Joe Satriani"
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> [I just want to play like Jimi Hendrix. I love other forms of music and wish I could play classical piano, or saxophone like John Coltrane, but that will never happen. Because my nature is to play electric guitar really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-just-want-to-play-like-jimi-hendrix-i-love-other-forms-of-music-and/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

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## More by Joe Satriani

> [I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh\*\* out of my guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-ll-tell-you-one-thing-i-will-always-play-the-sh-out-of-my-guitar/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-was-a-guitar-player-in-a-band-that-had-two-keyboard-players/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [Boy, if anyone wants to get visited from an alien, it's me. I'm dying, and I've been sending out that invitation to the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/boy-if-anyone-wants-to-get-visited-from-an-alien-it-s-me-i-m-dying/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [As the years go by, I realize how unique a style rock music is and how delicate you have to be with it sometimes;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/as-the-years-go-by-i-realize-how-unique-a-style-rock-music-is-and-how/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [Rock music is a funny thing: You can actually take it too far sometimes, and then it's not rock music anymore - it's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/rock-music-is-a-funny-thing-you-can-actually-take-it-too-far/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [When we play an outdoor venue, you'll see whole families - boys, girls, men and women - from kids to grandparents who somehow heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/when-we-play-an-outdoor-venue-you-ll-see-whole-families-boys-girls/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> ['Flying In A Blue Dream' was quite automatic. I was working on another song, and I took a break and picked up my acoustic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/flying-in-a-blue-dream-was-quite-automatic-i-was-working-on-another/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [I worked at a vintage guitar store, and the owner had ties with a lot of Japanese manufacturers and U.S. manufacturers that were beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-worked-at-a-vintage-guitar-store-and-the-owner-had-ties-with-a-lot/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [I did tons of gigs where I didn't move around very much because I couldn't. There's a pole over here and wires and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-did-tons-of-gigs-where-i-didn-t-move-around-very-much-because-i/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [ Solos I kind of \[couldn't\] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care \*most\* about, but it's really the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/solos-i-kind-of-couldn-t-care-less-about-i-know-most-people-probably/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [I see something in her eyes, sends me to a better place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-see-something-in-her-eyes-sends-me-to-a-better-place/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [I started many years ago using the Boss DS-1 and then graduated to the Satchurator and putting that right into that clean channel, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-started-many-years-ago-using-the-boss-ds-1-and-then-graduated-to/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-started-out-playing-guitar-because-jimi-hendrix-was-my-hero-so-my/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [... I always use the Jeff Beck model. Jeff Beck is just a genius, and he keeps getting better ... If there's anybody in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/i-always-use-the-jeff-beck-model-jeff-beck-is-just-a-genius-and-he/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

> [There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/there-s-a-fine-line-between-giving-the-sense-of-freedom-and-being-too/)

[Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-satriani/)

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