Flying In A Blue Dream’ was quite automatic. I was working on another song, and I took a break and picked up my acoustic guitar, tuned it strangely, and instantly wrote the tune. It’s funny how you can struggle with one piece and write a better one in a minute. Usually, when things come easy, it means it’s good. Joe Satriani Read Quote
I was a kid that grew up listening to The Beatles and The Stones and Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, and I wanted all of that in there. But at the same time, a large part of my playing is Tony Iommi and Billy Gibbons. I’m just a sum total of all of the guitar players that I think were really cool. Joe Satriani Read Quote
All of the good things that surround art – you have to embrace the idea that it could be a complete disaster. I think that’s what gives it its artistic sparkle is that it really could crash and burn at any moment because you’re going out on a limb and being very personal. Joe Satriani Read Quote
Without so much as taking another step towards the field, I turned around, went back into the gym, and I told my coach, ‘Jimi Hendrix just died, and I’m quitting the team to become a guitar player.’ Joe Satriani Read Quote
