Hearing Jimi Hendrix as a little kid and falling in love with everything that he did on guitar rewired my basic nature. To me, that was a normal thing that you should do: you should strive to be as innovative as Hendrix. Joe Satriani More Quotes by Joe Satriani More Quotes From Joe Satriani 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. Joe Satriani techniqueimportantplay I can embarrass myself very easily on guitar. It's funny because people say to me I can play anything; I'm God on the guitar. But I could make a big list of everything I can't play... I'm grateful that people don't notice that. Joe Satriani guitargratefulplay Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot. Joe Satriani being-yourselfrelaxplay 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. Joe Satriani guitarplayerhero There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free. Joe Satriani fine-lineslinesgiving I've always done 'the wrong thing' and had a pretty wonderful time doing it. Joe Satriani wrong-thingsdonewonderful It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore. Joe Satriani music-isperfectneeds I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar. Joe Satriani one-thingguitarplay I always use the Jeff Beck model. Jeff Beck is just a genius, and he keeps getting better ... If there's anybody in your field you want to aspire to be like, it is a guy who does what he wants to do. Every record at least he comes out with one thing that makes everybodys' jaw drop ... I would hope that Jimi Hendrix would have done that, although, man, the odds are against him because he did so much in such a short amount of time. Joe Satriani musicoddsmen I assume most guitar players are like me. They're playing, having fun; then they get a magazine in the mail that says "Shred Is Dead" and they say, "What the Hell?" They throw it away and keep on playing. Joe Satriani guitarplayerfun 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 spaceinspirationideas When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time. Joe Satriani guitartodaythinking When you're a guitar teacher, you teach people for a few years, and you become comrades after a while. Because everybody eventually catches up to everybody else, and you want to help each other out - to see if you can make the dream a reality. Joe Satriani dreamteacherreality 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 Joe Satriani musicplayersong Guitarists shouldn't get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of 'Rolling Stone Magazines' list of the Greatest Guitar Players of all Time' ... Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don't know what to wear. Joe Satriani guitarmusicplayer Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't you want to play guitar? Joe Satriani guitarplayfun Eee-nee-mee-nee-my-nee-moe Joe Satriani I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do. Joe Satriani incorrigiblehard-timespride Satriani's Law: There's at least a 30% chance that someone will print the name Satriani incorrectly Joe Satriani chancelawnames When you hear something you don't like, don't ever play it again. Joe Satriani play
