John Petrucci Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• I do a lot of the stuff that I started out doing that I think any guitar player that's concerned about the craft needs to do. It's basic practicing of the basic elements. I try to practice like a well rounded regiment of things where I can kind of do whatever I wanna do and I also have to practice the actual songs to keep that under my fingers as well.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Thinking, Player

• We used to rehearse and that's where the roots of Dream Theater formed. Y'know, we used to play cover songs and jam to [Iron] Maiden and stuff but we were writing songs and it was this metal, loud style and we'd constantly get knocks on our door, because the rehearsal rooms were right next door to each other, and these jazz guys would be like, "Can you guys turn it down a little?"

  John Petrucci

  Dream, Song, Writing

  Source: bloody-disgusting.com

• You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as a guitar player, it will come out in your improvisational style, maybe as a song writer it might come out in your note choices, or in your melodic choices, and it just helps to making your music that much more original and unique.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Unique, Player

  Source: www.wikimetal.com.br

• Songs come alive every night and can be a new experience for someone. You might have someone in the audience who has never seen us before and hearing it for the first time. We are aware of that.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Night, New Experiences

  Source: myglobalmind.com

• You try to play the song better than you had before.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Play, Trying

  Source: myglobalmind.com

• Songs like "Spirit Carries On" really gets the audience moved and on the same page. It's challenging and all so much fun to play.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Fun, Play

  Source: myglobalmind.com

• First and foremost, with everybody we wanted to see if they can pull off the songs, play them correctly, and that they it felt right musically. That's something Mike [Mangini] did, it felt like the band. He really gets the style and delivers in a powerful metal way.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Powerful, Play

  Source: myglobalmind.com

• We're not the kind of band who writes an order abundance of songs and picks from them, we usually write for the album.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Writing, Order

  Source: www.rockbook.hu

• Usually we're all comfortable playing the songs, but during the song there might be one part where you're like „oh, this part's coming up, I have to really focus", a lot of songs have those moments in them.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Focus, Might

  Source: www.rockbook.hu

• Jordan [Ruddes], he learned that way, and that's what he knows how to do. That's how he kind of approaches all music, whether it's to learn a cover song that we're going to play, or to review Dream Theater music - he always uses charts. That's what he knows. I really rely a lot more on memory.

  John Petrucci

  Dream, Song, Memories

  Source: thehub.musiciansfriend.com

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