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> [We don't test out the songs live, and we don't play them for weeks on end in the studio. We have, like, one day to get two songs down. So what happens is, everybody's attention and energy gets ratcheted up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-satriani/we-don-t-test-out-the-songs-live-and-we-don-t-play-them-for-weeks-on/)

[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/)

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