Joe Satriani
Instrumental rock guitarist and teacher, and a recognized virtuoso rock guitarist.
When I want to play music, you've got to get me on tape or else it goes.
When you hear something you don't like, don't ever play it again.
Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.
The Squares [his former band] 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.
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".
My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do.
I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do.
It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore.
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.