Joe Satriani Quotes
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.
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I never really have to sit at a desk thinking, 'What should I do now?' It doesn't work like that for me, and it never has. My thinking process is constant.
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Economize in other things if you must, wear threadbare clothes if necessary, but never cheat your body or brain by the quality and quantity of your food. Poor, cheap food which produces low vitality and inferior brain force is the worst kind of economy.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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When I admitted I needed to grow old as a woman, it was a relief.
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It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
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Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.
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Dorion, ridiculing the description of a tempest in the 'Nautilus' of Timotheus, said that he had seen a more formidable storm in a boiling saucepan.
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The main Facebook usage is so big. About 20 percent of the time people spend on their phone is on Facebook.
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I'm happy with my body.
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It's really remarkable when you think about what we don't like about government, we, the people created. So if we created it, we can also fix it.
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I remember my very first training session. It was raining hard. It was cold, and I went home. I couldn't train. I stayed for ten minutes then told my dad to take me home.
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I wasn't a huge fan of reality shows, because I'm like 'they're taking away from the actors,' but sometimes mindless is just wonderful.
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I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.
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When I was a child, a lot of my time was spent in Scotland because my mother's Scottish, and we used to go up to Ayrshire and visit relations in a place called Dalry.
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I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.
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When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground.
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I always say this: 'In life, truth is on your side.'
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Ultimately, innovation depends on the people with advanced skills who have the ideas, and on the business risk-takers willing to back them.
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That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art – and I do – then it’s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.
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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.
