Joe Satriani Quotes
Guitarists shouldn't get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of 'Rolling Stone Magazines' list of the Greatest Guitar Players of all Time' ... Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don't know what to wear.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'
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My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.
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Guitarists shouldn't get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of 'Rolling Stone Magazines' list of the Greatest Guitar Players of all Time' ... Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don't know what to wear.
