Joe Satriani Quotes
If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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The Wii U is pretty cool, and the thing that I'm most intrigued about it is it's the first gaming platform that actually is exploiting the second screen.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
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We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.
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I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
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I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
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Like most people, I shrink from exposing my innermost secrets and my most private and intimate actions.
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I like to get a salad or fruit in me - just some good energy food - and then a plate a pasta with a breast of chicken.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.
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I am the president of the youth of France.
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Compound interest on debt was the banker's greatest invention, to capture, and enslave, a productive society.
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When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll. I've listened to 'Ziggy Stardust' as much as any rock n' roll fan - I don't really know what it's about, but it sure is fun to think about David Bowie as this mad creation.
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In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination. In a book, your imagination will do the acting for you. Also, the process of revelation is often different. Tension is achieved in a different way.
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If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all.
