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John Petrucci Quotes: "Dark master of sin, now my soul is yours."

Dark master of sin, now my soul is yours.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years."

Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years.




John Petrucci Quotes: "I remember feeling for the first time going somewhere where I was part of a community where I didn't feel like an outcast. I felt like I belonged. Everyone had a guitar strapped to their back."

I remember feeling for the first time going somewhere where I was part of a community where I didn't feel like an outcast. I felt like I belonged. Everyone had a guitar strapped to their back.



John Petrucci Quotes: "You try to play the song better than you had before."

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




John Petrucci Quotes: "Stay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on."

Stay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on.



John Petrucci Quotes: "If someone is feeling out of sorts or detached it's a great time to bring them in and restate why we are here and what we are trying to do."

If someone is feeling out of sorts or detached it's a great time to bring them in and restate why we are here and what we are trying to do.



John Petrucci Quotes: "We're always in that head space about the audience and less about us at that moment."

We're always in that head space about the audience and less about us at that moment.




John Petrucci Quotes: "I really rely a lot more on memory. I'm definitely not as good of a sight reader."

I really rely a lot more on memory. I'm definitely not as good of a sight reader.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I don't have very eclectic tastes in music."

I don't have very eclectic tastes in music.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back."

Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I have a lot of guitars. Yeah, I'm not like a guitar collector, I don't have all vintage instruments. I don't even own a Strat or Les Paul. I don't have one."

I have a lot of guitars. Yeah, I'm not like a guitar collector, I don't have all vintage instruments. I don't even own a Strat or Les Paul. I don't have one.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I'm a hopeless tone chaser!I love it and get into the whole thing."

I'm a hopeless tone chaser!I love it and get into the whole thing.




John Petrucci Quotes: "I experimented a bunch with Ernie Ball in getting the strings to not flop around too much, but at the same time not to be too thick to where you're playing telephone cables."

I experimented a bunch with Ernie Ball in getting the strings to not flop around too much, but at the same time not to be too thick to where you're playing telephone cables.



John Petrucci Quotes: "It's a balance between getting the right string gauge that's thick enough where it sound good, and not rubber bands - but not too thick where your hands start to get real tired."

It's a balance between getting the right string gauge that's thick enough where it sound good, and not rubber bands - but not too thick where your hands start to get real tired.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I have to say that our fans have been absolutely wonderful all across the world."

I have to say that our fans have been absolutely wonderful all across the world.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I almost rely on other people to say, "Hey, you ever hear of this band?" And I'll say, "Oh, I've never heard of that!" And I listened to them and thought, "What the hell?""

I almost rely on other people to say, "Hey, you ever hear of this band?" And I'll say, "Oh, I've never heard of that!" And I listened to them and thought, "What the hell?"



John Petrucci Quotes: "My main objective with a home studio - I could get into doing full band demos - but my first objective is to cut things like guitar tracks and solos at home."

My main objective with a home studio - I could get into doing full band demos - but my first objective is to cut things like guitar tracks and solos at home.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I would say the more the better when it is comes to development and marketing. It's actually fun. For some it can be a frustrating thing."

I would say the more the better when it is comes to development and marketing. It's actually fun. For some it can be a frustrating thing.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I've always said that there's a huge progressive rock, progressive metal audience out there, in the world."

I've always said that there's a huge progressive rock, progressive metal audience out there, in the world.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together."

Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you believe in personally."

I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you believe in personally.



John Petrucci Quotes: "With all tools at my disposal, I'm 100% into chasing tone and checking out new equipment and "geeking" out during sound check by taking too much time."

With all tools at my disposal, I'm 100% into chasing tone and checking out new equipment and "geeking" out during sound check by taking too much time.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I wanna go in the studio and just go back to the same amps and stuff I'm so comfortable with the sound of. Which I think is important to stay original."

I wanna go in the studio and just go back to the same amps and stuff I'm so comfortable with the sound of. Which I think is important to stay original.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Since I'm in a band, and I'm not usually in situations where I need to read, it doesn't come up as often, and I don't rely on it as much."

Since I'm in a band, and I'm not usually in situations where I need to read, it doesn't come up as often, and I don't rely on it as much.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I think I'm a father, but a father of three kids! :)"

I think I'm a father, but a father of three kids! :)



John Petrucci Quotes: "When we first started and started hitting new places for the first time, you kinda didn't know, because we were new. Sometimes we played tiny little clubs and sometimes we'd play a larger place."

When we first started and started hitting new places for the first time, you kinda didn't know, because we were new. Sometimes we played tiny little clubs and sometimes we'd play a larger place.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Out of Berklee Dream Theater was born and we've been together ever since. I didn't have to taste that feeling of defeat."

Out of Berklee Dream Theater was born and we've been together ever since. I didn't have to taste that feeling of defeat.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I somehow always found the right people on my own to jam with as well as playing with all my buddies. I didn't get to a point where I was auditioning for any bands."

I somehow always found the right people on my own to jam with as well as playing with all my buddies. I didn't get to a point where I was auditioning for any bands.



John Petrucci Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It's hard to answer that from my own perspective because when I'm playing I know where it is coming from and the sources."

It's hard to answer that from my own perspective because when I'm playing I know where it is coming from and the sources.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Now that we're established and we have a history we know that we can expect people to show up and to have a good time."

Now that we're established and we have a history we know that we can expect people to show up and to have a good time.



John Petrucci Quotes: "As far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans."

As far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Jordan Ruddes does [have a home studio], but it's all self-contained. I'll be the only guy with a fully built recording studio. So they'll have to come to me."

Jordan Ruddes does [have a home studio], but it's all self-contained. I'll be the only guy with a fully built recording studio. So they'll have to come to me.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky I am."

I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky I am.



John Petrucci Quotes: "You're about to walk on stage and play together for the next few hours so you want to feel connected and make sure that everyone is in the same head space; a good head space."

You're about to walk on stage and play together for the next few hours so you want to feel connected and make sure that everyone is in the same head space; a good head space.



John Petrucci Quotes: "The style of music that we're playing, this progressive metal style, has always been an upstream battle for us. We don't usually get a lot of commercial exposure."

The style of music that we're playing, this progressive metal style, has always been an upstream battle for us. We don't usually get a lot of commercial exposure.



John Petrucci Quotes: "Almost 15 with music, we have so many guitars that we developed over the years. The latest one is 'The Majesty' guitar, which I'm really proud of."

Almost 15 with music, we have so many guitars that we developed over the years. The latest one is 'The Majesty' guitar, which I'm really proud of.



John Petrucci Quotes: "We have a storage close by where I live, that's very organised. My guitar tech, Matty organised it all, labeled everything."

We have a storage close by where I live, that's very organised. My guitar tech, Matty organised it all, labeled everything.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I know we play a part in the story of progressive music, but for us those influences are the real fathers, the ones that we were interested in."

I know we play a part in the story of progressive music, but for us those influences are the real fathers, the ones that we were interested in.



John Petrucci Quotes: "There's different levels of where we do well throughout Europe. Fortunately, for us, it's pretty great all throughout it."

There's different levels of where we do well throughout Europe. Fortunately, for us, it's pretty great all throughout it.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I've been fortunate to work with companies that I endorse because I love their gear. Whether Music Man, Dunlop, or DiMarizo to me these companies have supported me in such a way that's invaluable."

I've been fortunate to work with companies that I endorse because I love their gear. Whether Music Man, Dunlop, or DiMarizo to me these companies have supported me in such a way that's invaluable.



John Petrucci Quotes: "In Japan they're definitely more over the top. They had four Boogie stacks and 20 guitars. But otherwise it's pretty much the same thing, except there's a translator. It's really nice."

In Japan they're definitely more over the top. They had four Boogie stacks and 20 guitars. But otherwise it's pretty much the same thing, except there's a translator. It's really nice.



John Petrucci Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Going to the Grammys, being nominated for a Grammy, that was a really big deal for me, for us as a band."

Going to the Grammys, being nominated for a Grammy, that was a really big deal for me, for us as a band.



John Petrucci Quotes: "I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar."

I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.



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

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 Quotes: "The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment."

The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.