Joe Satriani Quotes

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

I like to listen the blues and some classical.

I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae.

T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.

I'd love to have Jack White up. I think he's just a phenomenal guitar player. I'd love to see him play up close because he's got a killer voice, and he's a great lead player, too. That would be exciting to me.

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

I wasn't into jazz so much - I preferred things raw.

One of my favorite guitar players and musicians is a guy named Jimmy Herring.

I'm a rock/blues guitar player. I'm not wanting to be a pop star or anything.

It's so satisfying as a guitar player to play stuff that's related to the blues.

I love blues, mellow rock 'n' roll.

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

Little Walter I would've liked to have played with.

I consider myself much more of a blues singer now.

I'm known for mushy music.

I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.

Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes killer blues rock and roll riffs.

There is nothing wrong about being a rock n' roll guitar player.

Billy Sheehan has always been my number one favorite bass player of all time.

In my elementary days, I took a liking to rock & roll music. I dabbed into Marilyn Manson, which became my favorite.

Blues is such a dynamic and ever-changing system of music.

Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like Scott Joplin and on through Bessie Smith.

The last thing I do is go and listen to heavy rock music. But I love electronic music. The purity of the tones is inspiring, because it's obviously much more controlled than a guitar tone.

Most blues guitar players don't concentrate on singing and melodies. And forget about the bridge - the bridge doesn't exist. They go straight for the solo.

I like music more balanced between the voice and the guitar and the percussion. I don't like heavy metal.