I can tell you this: I’m an extremely passionate individual. I try to be careful how I display it because you never know how people are going to take it. Steve Vai Read Quote
When I was a teenager in the ’70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper. Steve Vai Read Quote
When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you let things like the location of a band get in the way or have an effect on your overview, you’re cheating yourself out of a really good time. Steve Vai Read Quote
You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made. Steve Vai Read Quote
I don’t think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera. Steve Vai Read Quote
I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it was I had an epiphany. Before I was even playing the guitar, I would create these lists of how I would record things and overdub them, like Led Zeppelin song, ‘I could put this guitar on this track…’ and so on. Steve Vai Read Quote
It’s very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can’t hear the inflections in your voice. Steve Vai Read Quote
History’s most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals. We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess. Steve Vai Read Quote
I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we’ve been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives – one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment. Steve Vai Read Quote
