Orianthi

I'm all about inspiring young musicians to get out there and express themselves through music.

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Santana is the reason I play guitar - I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.

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Beats are really inspiring. They always make me want to write something over them.

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I have an aquarium full of fish and some Mexican walking fish.

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I listen to everything. My I-Pod's really diverse-from guitar instrumentals to Rascal Flatts to Usher.

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I think it's important to evolve and make a different record every time as an artist.

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One of the first country artists I got to work with was Carrie Underwood at the Grammy Awards.

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So many people have gone through the experience of not feeling good enough.

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You have to work hard if you want something, and my parents instilled that into me when I was really young.

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I think it is so great when artists use their voice to help other people and it is really great to be…

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At school I had a really hard time being a guitar player. It’s like being a male ballerina in a way. It’s…

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It's a guy thing, playing the guitar. Being a female and trying to go to the same auditions as the guys, it's…

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I play a PRS Custom 22. I learned on a Custom 24. It was set for a country guitarist, so it had…

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I wanted to have all the songs to be the strongest they could be and all the choruses to be catchy. One…

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Working with Michael Jackson was awesome. He was an incredible entertainer, dancer, singer, magician, everything, and he was really sweet, too.

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I'm lucky that my family is musical. Music was encouraged. So when I saw Carlos Santana play and decided to really pursue…

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I was the only kid reading guitar magazines at the back of the classroom.

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I'm so excited to share 'Heaven In This Hell' with the fans!

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I think people see me, and they can't get past my looks or the fact that a girl can be serious about…

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If somebody likes your videos, they're gonna tell their friends. They're gonna send e-mails about you, and before you know it, your…

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My dad is actually an amazing guitarist, and he always had an incredible record collection, which is how I discovered things like…

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I think some people are born to Entertain. They just have those personalities and they are great at it. Their forte isn't…

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All of my solos are blues based. Even though a lot of my songs get into pop, I wind up going back…

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Sometimes I write from personal experience, but so much depends on what mood I'm in. If I'm in a good mood, I'll…

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My dad is a guitar player with huge vinyl record collection. I loved listening to his albums, especially Cream and The Yardbirds.

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I was contacted through MySpace to come and jam out for Michael Jackson. I thought it was a joke. I forwarded it…

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I think you can hear the Delta blues thing in something like the intro to 'Heaven in This Hell,' which has that…

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I was playing piano at three and started writing songs when I was six or seven, and I've been addicted since then.

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I love singing my own stuff, but I also love being a guitar player. Doing both keeps things interesting.

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I knew from when I was six that music would be my life, and I used to spend most of my time…

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Sometimes I want to hear something fun to cook or bake to; other times, I need specific songs to to lift me…

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Success has been a gradual thing; it hasn't been overnight. So I appreciate everything and never take it for granted.

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It was pretty insane to play the Grammy Awards and looking out in the audience and seeing rock royalty - Bono and…

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I aim to inspire a bunch of female guitar players to get out there and take it seriously and never give up.

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