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

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.

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.

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