Steve Vai Quotes - Page 4

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• 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

  Song, Kids, Ideas

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that just lights me up and makes me feel like it's Christmas.

  Steve Vai

  Music, Light, Guitar

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• 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

  Commitment, Artist, Breathing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was a kid, 12 or something, when the Partridge Family was big on TV. I liked the curly cord running from the bass to the amps, which were real fancy. That cord looked so cool. I said, 'Wow! I gotta play something like that!'

  Steve Vai

  Running, Real, Kids

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

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• I saw this trend happening with the proliferation of guitar clinics and schools. And I was approached to do a camp in the past, but I wanted to have a good enough idea because most of them are just about jamming and learning. I decided I wanted a theme for each camp.

  Steve Vai

  School, Past, Guitar

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

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• When Frank Zappa would get an idea for a song, he just did it. He didn't wait for anybody or expect anyone to do it.

  Steve Vai

  Song, Ideas, Waiting

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

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• Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's everything.

  Steve Vai

  Attitude, Emotional, Energy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV helps you tap into that connection, and to each other.

  Steve Vai

  Art, Player, Guitar

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

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• I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

  Steve Vai

  Independent, Artist, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.

  Steve Vai

  Growing Up, Simple, Growing

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

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• I was about seven or eight years old when I first heard West Side Story, and it had a huge impact on me. If you look at the elements of that record, it contains many of the things I enjoy doing today.

  Steve Vai

  Impact, Eight, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.

  Steve Vai

  Waiting, Simplicity, Connections

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

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