18th September, 1970; Jimi Hendrix dies. I'm still on the football team when I get the news. So I take my helmet off and confront the coach to tell him I'm quitting the team. In a moment of brilliance he… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
Distortion pedals are just fantastic for not only rehearsing quietly but also for all those moments when you are going to play in highly compressed environments like radio, television, or recording against compressed loops. — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar. — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
As the years go by, I realize how unique a style rock music is and how delicate you have to be with it sometimes;… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
When we play an outdoor venue, you'll see whole families - boys, girls, men and women - from kids to grandparents who somehow heard… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
'Flying In A Blue Dream' was quite automatic. I was working on another song, and I took a break and picked up my acoustic… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
![“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 melody playing that is the cornerstone of what I'm working on.” quote by Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/31f/joe-satriani-7527_care_solos-i-kind-of-couldn-t-care-less-about_337667.jpg)
