Steve Vai

I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old…

— Steve Vai

You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made.

— Steve Vai

I can tell you this: I'm an extremely passionate individual. I try to be careful how I display it because you never…

— Steve Vai

I don't believe in 'greatest'. I believe in favorites.

— Steve Vai

Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical…

— Steve Vai

I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if…

— Steve Vai

I've never really heard anybody imitating anything of mine the way they do with Edward Van Halen's stuff.

— Steve Vai

The only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking.

— Steve Vai

My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is…

— Steve Vai

There's very notable dynamics in all of the collaborations I've done. It's hard to say if one is more important than the…

— Steve Vai

I awake, I meditate, get the kids off to school, go to the gym, go to the Favored Nations office, and usually…

— Steve Vai

I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff…

— Steve Vai

Baby don't wake me, let me take you on an endless journey. We touch and the softest kiss explodes with lust. It's…

— Steve Vai

We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess. Favored Nations…

— Steve Vai

That's the thing about great artists: They find the thing that's most obvious to themselves, what's most conscious and natural, and they…

— Steve Vai

My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar.

— Steve Vai

When I was young, I wasn't a misfit or anything. I had friends in all the different social groups. But I had…

— Steve Vai

The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when…

— Steve Vai

I dedicated all the time I had to it. The 10 hour workout was just what I put in the magazine at…

— Steve Vai

Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV…

— Steve Vai

Play slow and perfect - that’s the way to becoming a virtuoso.

— Steve Vai

The level of achievement that we have at anything, is a reflection, of how well, we were able to focus on it.…

— Steve Vai

It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.

— Steve Vai

The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects.

— Steve Vai

Critisism is just reflection of the person that speaking

— Steve Vai