77 Quotes by Joe Satriani

Satriani’s Law: There’s at least a 30% chance that someone will print the name Satriani incorrectly.

Basic anatomy. That has got to be the ongoing frustration: Why can’t my fingers do what I want them to do? Not being able to play what I hear in my head – that is the ultimate source of frustration.

When you’re a teacher, you realize that you have to clearly encapsulate some unrelated technical ideas that you take for granted and understand and put them into words so someone else will understand them.

When I want to play music, you’ve got to get me on tape or else it goes.

I started learning to sing what I liked, to experience it in a visceral way. Then it’s inside. Get rid of the neurosis and then you can improvise.

I really dislike flavoured potato chips, and so I always insist on just potatoes and salt, y'know? But that's not weird.

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.

Business always requires personal relationships.

Guitar players I find kind of boring - and that's not meant as a dig. I find myself boring.