Joe Satriani Quotes

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

...Is the greatest guitar player in the world.

I've always spent a lot of time on my records with what I think were unique rhythmic approaches … but no one ever writes about your rhythm playing

When these guitar mags bring up that stuff up and say such and such came up with this and that which is pushing the boundaries, I just say, "let's step back for a minute and admit something: nothing has happened for the last 100 years." And it's okay. It's not a bad thing … We're all working with "tools" that have been in existence for the last 100 years and there hadn't been a new "tool" for a long long time.

The Squares [his former band] never really fit in. We weren't rock enough. We weren't alternative enough. We weren't new wave enough and we weren't punk enough. Maybe we just weren't the right people for the band.

I'm ready to take the heat.

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

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

Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.

Mozart was a freaky kind of shredder.

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

Sounds cool. Looks cool. Feels cool.

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

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

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