Latest John Petrucci Quotes from Interviews

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• I'm from the school of putting a lot of hours of practice into playing. But at the same time you have to write original music - that's really important, because that's the things that's going to separate you from everybody else, that's going to give you your unique voice as a music that you create.

  John Petrucci

  Writing, School, Unique

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

  John Petrucci

  Band, Bigs, Deals

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• The good thing about playing this style that we play, you know, the progressive element of it, is that we can add in different elements of different styles. And that creates a more interesting overall sound.

  John Petrucci

  Play, Interesting, Style

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• You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as a guitar player, it will come out in your improvisational style, maybe as a song writer it might come out in your note choices, or in your melodic choices, and it just helps to making your music that much more original and unique.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Unique, Player

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• A lot of people around the world were, like, very frustrated, you know "Why don't you just release the name? Why is it taking so long?" But the cool thing is that it brought people together, like you said, it brought our fans into the experience, it sort of exposed us, exposed the process, and I think it welcomed Mike Magini, because people saw what happened to get to that point.

  John Petrucci

  Thinking, Names, Long

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

  John Petrucci

  Fans, World, Wonderful

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• I think it's a good way to sort of build your career and even when I was a young kid, I did the same thing, I looked at these guitar players, like ...I was a big fan of Steve Vai, and Al DiMeola, and said "What do those guys do?" and I found out that they went to Berkelee College of music, so I was like "Well, I'm going to go to Berkelee College of Music", and you try to, like, learn from those things, so... It's important.

  John Petrucci

  Kids, Player, College

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• When I first started, it was the real basic stuff that was being played on the radio, so I was into Zeppelin, and Sabbath, and AC/DC, and all stuff like that. I grew up in New York, on Long Island, so the local radio stations played all that kind of thing.

  John Petrucci

  New York, Real, Islands

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• I started playing guitar when I was 12, and I started getting into more metal, like Maiden and Metallica... Of course, as I kind of got better and better in the guitar, I was listening to more guitar players, so then I got into, I guess, more of the prog side.

  John Petrucci

  Player, Guitar, Listening

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• 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

  Home, Self, Guy

  Source: thehub.musiciansfriend.com

• Even with Dream Theater, we track in a big studio and everything. But when it comes to doing leads, I don't really require a lot of studio to do that. I need a good sounding room and a Pro Tools rig, and some Neve mic-pres, and I'm good.

  John Petrucci

  Dream, Track, Needs

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• 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

  Years, Giving, Way

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• 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

  Home, Cutting, Guitar

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• Instead of buying a guitar for $2,000 or $2,500 - I'm not sure how much these are going for - but it's maybe $300 or something like that. It's more for beginners and stuff like that. Obviously it's not hitting the pros. And you can't get the Piezo pickup and the color-changing paint and the inlays and all the fancy things that my signature guitars offer, but you can get the general feel of the guitar - and the body style. It's cool.

  John Petrucci

  Guitar, Color, Fancy Things

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• Many kids and parents ask me, 'What kind of guitar can I buy?' It's a great opportunity for those people to be able to buy a quality guitar that's not necessarily a little Fender or whatever. Ernie Ball signature model guitar is something that's more signature.

  John Petrucci

  Kids, Opportunity, Guitar

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• 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

  Real, Tired, Hands

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• Real thick strings - your hands start to get fatigued. As much as you practice, and as much experience as you have, and as long as you've been playing, there is a fatigue point during the show, as with anything that's physical. So I wanted to basically pace myself better.

  John Petrucci

  Real, Hands, Practice

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• You might be able to get a certain sound, and in the studio you certainly look at things under a microscope a lot more. You might hear more warmth out of a thicker string gauge. But in the practical world, like with us, we're playing An Evening With... so it's three hours of music, and our music is pretty challenging as far as the technical aspect. And I found after awhile that I was killing myself.

  John Petrucci

  Challenges, Sound, Gauges

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• With the Road King amp, you're able to switch power tubes and speakers and do all these different things. And I didn't want to have five different heads in my rack. And there's something about, when you do the type of setup that I have, unless you have a dedicated amp to a dedicated speaker and you're actually switching, you have to use the same power section of the main head that you're using.

  John Petrucci

  Kings, Different, Use

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• 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

  Balls, Too Much, Telephones

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• I wanted something different. I'd been using the C+ amps for a long time, and I love them - they're one of my favorite amps ever. But on this album [Road Kings] I wanted - there were a couple reasons, actually. One is that I wanted a more aggressive sound, some more teeth and hair.

  John Petrucci

  Kings, Couple, Hair

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• The C+ amps is vintage at this point, and it definitely has a certain sound to it. I wanted something that was going to keep Dream Theater in more of a current musical landscape, as far as being the producer and producing the type of album I wanted to hear.

  John Petrucci

  Dream, Vintage, Musical

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• If I'm not in an environment where I can record, it's great to be able to write something down, to be able to know how to do that, to be able to write notation. You grab a piece of paper and there it is. It's the cheapest recording equipment you can buy: a piece of manuscript paper and a pencil!

  John Petrucci

  Writing, Pieces, Records

  "Interview Rewind: Dream Theater's John Petrucci". Interview with Adam St. James, thehub.musiciansfriend.com. February 8, 2016.

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

  John Petrucci

  Memories, Sight, Reader

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• Jordan [Ruddes], he learned that way, and that's what he knows how to do. That's how he kind of approaches all music, whether it's to learn a cover song that we're going to play, or to review Dream Theater music - he always uses charts. That's what he knows. I really rely a lot more on memory.

  John Petrucci

  Dream, Song, Memories

  Source: thehub.musiciansfriend.com