Steve Vai quotes - page 3

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)
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. View quote
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That's the thing about great artists: They find the thing that's most obvious to themselves, what's most conscious and natural, and they put it out there and the audience comes. View quote
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The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune. View quote
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Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed. View quote
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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!' View quote
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As far as Deep Purple goes, I mean, they're iconic. Their contribution is unquantifiable, and as far as the politics involved in things like awards, you know, I don't think anything, because I know what they mean to me, and I know what they mean to the people who like them. Awards are very politically based. View quote
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