Steve Vai Quotes

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• The only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking.

  Steve Vai

  Thinking, Way

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• The level of achievement that we have at anything, is a reflection, of how well, we were able to focus on it. Because the only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking.

  Steve Vai

  Reflection, Thinking, Focus

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• Find what you're best at and exaggerate it.

  Steve Vai

  Musician

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• If you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will start to happen

  Steve Vai

  Eye, Play, Mind

  Twitter post from Jun 24, 2010

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• The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects.

  Steve Vai

  Tone, Fingers, Effects

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• The cool thing about playing is that the more you do it, the better you get.

  Steve Vai

  Cool Things

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• Make an exercise out of everything you can’t do.

  Steve Vai

  Exercise

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• Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.

  Steve Vai

  Being In Love, Player, Guitar

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Play slow and perfect - that’s the way to becoming a virtuoso.

  Steve Vai

  Play, Perfect, Way

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• If I remain true to what's in my heart, that's all the success I need.

  Steve Vai

  Heart, Needs, My Heart

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A good solo is like a book. It will start out in a phrase, it will go on in paragraphs, and then it will have a great ending.

  Steve Vai

  Book, Phrases, Goes On

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• It's always funny to me when people use the phrase 'Best guitar player in the world'. There are too many variables such as technique, uniqueness, emotional investment in the notes, etc. But If I had to pick one, it would be Tommy Emmanuel. Watching him perform can be a study in artistic and virtuosic human achievement.

  Steve Vai

  Player, Emotional, Guitar

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• In the physical universe, there are objects that include suns, planets, all life, and all matter in all dimensions. And then there is the space where all these things exist. That space is the vital element. For virtually every kid since 1968 who picked up a guitar to find his voice on the instrument, Jimmy Page has been the space that enables all our notes to be played.

  Steve Vai

  Kids, Guitar, Voice

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• Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity.

  Steve Vai

  Creativity, Imagination, Healthy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you're feeling emotional when you're creating something, it'll sound that way.

  Steve Vai

  Emotional, Creating, Feelings

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music, a musician is envisioning how to play it or is trying to play along, that musician is using his or her 'ear' - the understanding and recognition of musical elements - for guidance.

  Steve Vai

  Practice, Play, Understanding

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't believe in 'greatest'. I believe in favorites.

  Steve Vai

  Believe, I Believe, I Believe In

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was always one of those guys who was a seeker after truth. I want to know what's going on.

  Steve Vai

  Guy, Want, Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.

  Steve Vai

  Love Life, Deep Love, Trying

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.

  Steve Vai

  Choices, Musician, Remember

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar.

  Steve Vai

  Writing, Past, Interesting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you want to be a virtuoso then you have to set your sights above me. You have to go beyond what I'm doing. And that's for you to figure out. Because if you can do that, then I'm going to be trying to go beyond you.

  Steve Vai

  Sight, Trying, Want

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• Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive.

  Steve Vai

  Criticism, Sensitive

  The Guitar World Interview, www.guitarworld.com. November 30, 2012.

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• 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

  Voice, People, Passionate

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good 'inner ear' - the art of being able to decipher musical components solely through listening - is the most important element in becoming a good musician.

  Steve Vai

  Art, Believe, Musical

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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