Best Joe Satriani Quotes

The Top Ten
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.
6 There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.
7 Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't *you* want to play guitar?
8 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.
9 When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.
10 I've always done'the wrong thing' and had a pretty wonderful time doing it.
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