Latest Steve Vai Quotes from Interviews

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• When Frank Zappa would get an idea for a song, he just did it. He didn't wait for anybody or expect anyone to do it.

  Steve Vai

  Song, Ideas, Waiting

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

• 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.

  Steve Vai

  Beautiful, Independent, Thinking

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

• There's very notable dynamics in all of the collaborations I've done. It's hard to say if one is more important than the other, but if I had to think of all situations and point to one band that I enjoyed most it would be when I was eight years old. I had a band with my little sister and the kid across the street. We sat around all day playing music and it was bliss. I didn't have any expectations or do it for anyone or worry about selling an album. That was really my favorite band. We were called Hot Chocolate.

  Steve Vai

  Kids, Thinking, Eight

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

• Most of my records are very dense, composition-heavy, and there's bits of different kinds of music like an acoustic ballad, instrumental trio pieces, and vocal tracks.

  Steve Vai

  Track, Different, Pieces

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

• I like my voice, but I can't deliver as much as I wish I could.

  Steve Vai

  Voice, Wish, I Can

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

• I saw this trend happening with the proliferation of guitar clinics and schools. And I was approached to do a camp in the past, but I wanted to have a good enough idea because most of them are just about jamming and learning. I decided I wanted a theme for each camp.

  Steve Vai

  School, Past, Guitar

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net