John Petrucci Quotes

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

Some people like the same thing forever, but I don't know. We kind of, like, listen to loads of different stuff, and our attention spans aren't good enough. So there was a bit of frustration when you're, like, having to play the same thing all the time because we play all, like, loads of different instruments.

I practice more than ever ... mostly scales and arpeggios ... and anything I can't do.

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

I don't want to play the same character seven times. I think people would probably get bored of it.

I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.

I originally had opened the studio in New York to combine my two loves, music and design. And we created videos and packaging for many musicians that you know, and for even more that you've never heard of. As I realized, just like with many, many things in my life that I actually love, I adapt to it. And I get, over time, bored by them.

I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

I guess I get bored easily, and thank God. I don't want to all my life pound only the same key, although some artists do it very effectively. I'm not trying to denigrate anybody.

I only have one note, let's be honest. But I'll play a different version of that one note.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.

I find myself thinking: Oh God, now what? I always have to have a new plan, otherwise I get very, very bored.

Anyway, I'd get bored with just doing music!

I'm kind of a feel player. I'll stretch out before a show a bit and do some playing, but that's about it. I'm not one of these 10-hour-a-day playing guys.

I like my music to be like a buffet. If you don't like this plate, there's another one for you.

The thing with music education is that it is good at teaching technique, but not texture. You only learn about that from listening to music and experimenting on your own.

Fundamentally, if there is any secret, it is about the need to find that peace and calm in our personal space with music, as most of 'learning music' is about listening to music and practicing over and over again.

The rule is to try and never play the same thing twice when you have the freedom to do that in the song.

Uniformity is not very interesting or sustainable - it's boring.

If I was always doing my own thing, I would be bored out of my mind.

If I don't try and bring variety in my appearances, I will get bored with films, so I can well imagine how bored the audience would get watching me.