When I want to play music, you've got to get me on tape or else it goes. Joe Satriani More Quotes by Joe Satriani More Quotes From Joe Satriani I love classical music, but I hated classical guitar. But I like flamenco, because there was something else there going on. It wasn't just the notes being thrown at you. And there were certain kinds of jazz that I really liked and other kinds that just went right over my head. Joe Satriani youguitarmusiclove I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four or five singers, and percussion. We did a two-and-a-half hour show where the music spanned from the early Sixties to the present. Whereas the David Lee Roth thing was like, Now. Very big and intense. Joe Satriani drummerguitarmusicsometimes When I started to write music that was completely divorced from any sort of idea of commercial success, the real me started to come out. Normally, a musician in a session for a pop record would have to discard a lot of ideas because they won't fit, because they're not commercial. Joe Satriani memusicsuccessideas Boy, if anyone wants to get visited from an alien, it's me. I'm dying, and I've been sending out that invitation to the universe ever since I was a kid. I don't believe in little green men. That's collective neurosis of society. So I don't believe that. Joe Satriani megreensocietymen You couldn't make a Steve Vai. That's a one-in-a-billion type of personality that comes out together with an incredible talent facility. You grow it; you help them grow it. Hopefully, it matures, and they don't hit any roadblocks along the way. Joe Satriani youtalentpersonalitytogether Mike is a genius guitar player and keyboard player. I realized that, with this group, I just joined Mike Keneally's band! Joe Satriani groupguitarbandgenius Anytime you go to see a band with a guitar player, there's always a fear of guitar overkill! That's a funny question. If you went to a Taylor Swift concert or a Jay-Z show, people would think, 'Oh, my God, I hope I don't get guitar overkill.' People come to our show for guitar, and there can never be enough. Joe Satriani hopegodfearfunny I was blessed to have my son, ZZ, doing it; he managed to pull nothing but the truth out of me. Put all that aside, and you think how strange it is to watch a movie about some small, but important, part of your life. Joe Satriani metruthlifeson When we play an outdoor venue, you'll see whole families - boys, girls, men and women - from kids to grandparents who somehow heard the music... Think about how hard it is for artists who can never get a gig at an all-ages gig. Who goes to hear music in bars? People who can get into bars; people who drink. Joe Satriani youwomenmusicmen I think you've gotta be smart enough to be competent, but you've gotta be crazy enough to go out there and just let it all happen. I mean, you can rehearse and still not be musical, be tight and not be musical; we all hated that. Joe Satriani thinkyousmartcrazy Most of the time, I write songs with the arrangements all at once, in my head. There's the producer side of me that's always thinking sounds, like, 'Wouldn't this be a great sound if it existed to put in front of a song, to open it up, and then, when it did its thing, something else would happen? Joe Satriani greatmetimesong I was doing clubs when I was 16. I grew up in New York, so back then, you could do that. Joe Satriani newdoingbackyou The music industry the last 120 years has been insane. It's just continual chaos. So it's not unusual that something like the Internet comes around, but as one door closes another one opens, and that certainly is the case where now, artists can have a lot of control over how they display to the world, all at once, their new record. Joe Satriani doorinternetmusicworld Success came to me in my late 20s. I started touring when I was a teenager, so I had already seen the good, the bad, and the ugly side of the music business. Plus, setting up my own record company taught me a lot. Joe Satriani goodmemusicsuccess I walked into Relativity Records as a musician who could not be taken advantage of. That's why I wound up owning all my own publishing and making a deal that was quite advantageous for a new solo artist. But I really didn't think of myself as an entrepreneur. Joe Satriani newmyselfthinkmy-own I've always had creative freedom. Instrumental rock wasn't really a genre, but the success of 'Surfing With the Alien' legitimized my approach. Joe Satriani alienfreedomcreativesuccess Guitar players I find kind of boring - and that's not meant as a dig. I find myself boring. Joe Satriani findmyselfguitarboring I personally am into the minstrel technique - if I hear someone playing a lute or playing a crumhorn, it just moves me. I don't know why. Joe Satriani whysomeoneknowme I think the main objective is to move people, make people think in their heart. I personally am not interested in appealing to other musicians. To me, it's more inspiring to move someone who doesn't know anything about music but has a feel. Joe Satriani memusicheartpeople I prefer a heart player; I prefer someone like a blues player, like Jeff Healey. Jeff Healey I think is tremendous. Joe Satriani bluessomeonethinkheart
