Joe Satriani Quotes

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• I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of playing.
• ... each artist attracts his own different set of fans. And G3 over the years has created it's own audience as well... they know it's…
• Just as a blues player can play 20 blues songs in a row but find a way to make each one different, ... I always…
• ... I always use the Jeff Beck model. Jeff Beck is just a genius, and he keeps getting better ... If there's anybody in your…
• If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all.
• It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore.
• My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do.
• I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second.
• Song ideas have come to me in the middle of interviews, in the shower, or while I'm writing another song.
• When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.
• I can embarrass myself very easily on guitar. It's funny because people say to me I can play anything; I'm God on the guitar. But…
• When you hear something you don't like, don't ever play it again.
• Basic anatomy. That has got to be the ongoing frustration: Why can't my fingers do what I want them to do? Not being able to…
• I've always done 'the wrong thing' and had a pretty wonderful time doing it.
• There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.
• Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't *you* want to play guitar?
• 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…
• I started learning to sing what I liked, to experience it in a visceral way. Then it's inside. Get rid of the neurosis and then…
• Some of us are going to play faster than others. Hitting the right notes and getting your technique right is so much more important than…
• R.I.P. Steve Jobs. I bet you're busy right now revolutionizing and redesigning the afterlife for all of us to enjoy when our time comes

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