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..."

"When these guitar mags bring up that stuff up and say such and such came up with this and that which is pushing the boundaries, I just say, "let's step back for a minute and admit something: nothing h…"

"When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do."