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Joe Satriani

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Joe Satriani

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

Source/Notes: As quoted in Guitar Player (November 1989)

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Joe Satriani

“It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore.”

Source/Notes: Discussing his intentionally-out-of-tune intro to Back To Shalla Bal and contrasting it to the perfectness of Abba's vocals.

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Joe Satriani

“I'm ready to take the heat.”

Source/Notes: On the decision to sing vocals himself for Flying In A Blue Dream, as quoted in Guitar Magazine (March 1990)

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Joe Satriani

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

Source/Notes: As quoted in Guitar Magazine (March 1990)

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Joe Satriani

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

Source/Notes: As quoted in Guitar Magazine (March 1990)

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Joe Satriani

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

Source/Notes: As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990)

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Joe Satriani

“My first lessons lasted two weeks and it was Jingle Bells. It didn't make any sense at all. I wanted to know how to play like Hendrix...”

Source/Notes: As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990)

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Joe Satriani

“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”

Source/Notes: As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990)

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Joe Satriani

“When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.”

Source/Notes: As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990)

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Joe Satriani

“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.”

Source/Notes: As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990)

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Joe Satriani

“18th September, 1970; Jimi Hendrix dies. I'm still on the football team when I get the news. So I take my helmet off and confront the coach to tell him I'm quitting the team. In a moment of brilliance he gives me one look and says OK.”

Source/Notes: Interviewed in Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes (1993)

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Joe Satriani

“I think it's quite painfully obvious when someone's practicing through an amp, as opposed to someone who's really laying down some stuff that just happens to be fast.”

Source/Notes: As quoted in Shred on Arrival by Alan di Perna in Guitar World (November 1993)

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Joe Satriani

“The Squares 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.”

Source/Notes: As quoted in Shred on Arrival in Guitar World (November 1993)

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Joe Satriani

“Mozart was a freaky kind of shredder.”

Source/Notes: As quoted in Shred on Arrival in Guitar World (November 1993)

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