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Reps once took chances on art, History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals.

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Steve Vai
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
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I've been approached many times to write all sorts of books about my past and my personal life. I get interest from people who want to do reality shows, and somebody just offered me a huge amount of money to write my spiritual memoirs. I'm just not interested.
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Most people are fascinated to see someone play an instrument in an inspired way. We are moved by witnessing musical brilliance, and it was this notion that led me to purchase the GuitarTV domain 10 years ago.
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It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.
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My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar.
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The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back. It's an extremely dynamic instrument.
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It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention.
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I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff like that. But what excites me most is exploring my own musical insights and expanding upon them.
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The cool thing about playing is that the more you do it, the better you get.
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As a musician, I look for certain things that stimulate me. And what I look for is something that's an evolution on a particular genre that I never heard before.
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Ray and I do not draw salaries. Any profits will be re-invested into marketing the music we believe in.
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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.
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Find what you're best at and exaggerate it.
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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.
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Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity.
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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.
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If you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will start to happen
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I was always one of those guys who was a seeker after truth. I want to know what's going on.
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