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We may be human, but we're still animals.

Steve Vai

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Steve Vai
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
Actor
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Guitarist
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Carle Place
New York
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I don't believe in 'greatest'. I believe in favorites.
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Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.
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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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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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I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.
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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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I think the thing that I got most from working with Frank Zappa is that I was able to see someone who completely independent. The most beautiful thing about Frank was that he was completely in the moment and present and eternally creative.
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The cool thing about playing is that the more you do it, the better you get.
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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!'
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If I remain true to what's in my heart, that's all the success I need.
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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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A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head.
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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'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.
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All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music, a musician is envisioning how to play it or is trying to play along, that musician is using his or her 'ear' - the understanding and recognition of musical elements - for guidance.
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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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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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I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.
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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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I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old and I still play it. As a kid I liked Les Pauls and Strats, but they had limitations for the kind of playing I wanted to do.
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