Joe Satriani Quotes

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 speed.

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.

Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.

There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.

I've always done 'the wrong thing' and had a pretty wonderful time doing it.

It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore.

Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't you want to play guitar?

Just as a blues player can play 20 blues songs in a row but find a way to make each one different, ... I always want to find different ways to do something

When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.

I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do.

Eee-nee-mee-nee-my-nee-moe

My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do.

I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar.

When you hear something you don't like, don't ever play it again.

I see something in her eyes, sends me to a better place.

Satriani's Law: There's at least a 30% chance that someone will print the name Satriani incorrectly

I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second.

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 play what I hear in my head - that is the ultimate source of frustration.

Song ideas have come to me in the middle of interviews, in the shower, or while I'm writing another song.

If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all.

When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.

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 you can improvise.

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

It's funny how you can struggle with one piece and write a better one in a minute. When things come easy, it means it's good.

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.

When I want to play music, you've got to get me on tape or else it goes.

I'm ready to take the heat.