Top 25 Quotes by Joe Satriani of 35 - Page 2

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

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

Joe Satriani

Fun, Book, Exercise

Guitar Player, November 1989.

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

Joe Satriani

Song, Writing, Ideas

Guitar Magazine, March 1990.

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.

Joe Satriani

Struggle, Writing, Mean

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.

Joe Satriani

Funny, Inspiring, Neurosis

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.

Joe Satriani

Thinking, People, Care

Guitar Magazine, August 1997.

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

Joe Satriani

Play, Tape, Want

Guitar 2001 magazine, Issue 10, Summer 2001.

I'm ready to take the heat.

Joe Satriani

Heat, Ready

Guitar Magazine, March 1990.

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.

Joe Satriani

Guitar, Years, Long

RIP magazine, June 1994.