Steve Vai Quotes

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

It just happens in life, where you resonate with a particular artist. Or it can be a kind of food or a fashion - you discover it and it gives you a whole new lease on life.

It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably the most alien thing on my guitar that could possibly relate to a classical guitar.

Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed.

I wanted to be a composer before anything else. And my sister was listening to Led Zeppelin in the other room! When I heard that, it was a game-changer.

When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper.

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

I'm always pursuing knowledge I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.