John Petrucci Quotes

Every one of us has a response of some kind to music, so I don't think it's fair to ever judge what is proper and what's not.

I have nothing to say about the music of others because it's a matter of taste.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

Music is nothing but sound, and there is no place for value judgement among various sounds.

Everybody has their opinion on what's 'real,' and what's they choose to listen to and their personal preference. Whether they're 2 years old or 200 years old. And people can listen to whatever they want.

My perception is that there is no distinction in music as many people perceive. The difference lies in the way you hear the music.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.

Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground.

I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find interesting, but they don't suit me. It's one thing to listen to different genres, but to perform a genre that isn't yours is counterproductive.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

Music is subjective to everyone's unique experience.

I know music is subjective.

Music is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate me as a songwriter, as a musician, there are certain things I lean towards and certain things I don't.

There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?

I've heard people say all our music sounds the same, but it's usually just the people who don't like us who say it.

I think it's pretty stupid to write off an entire genre of anything. It's one thing to say 'I don't like country music.' But it's pretty narrow minded to say 'All country music sucks.' Of course, that being said, all short-form improv sucks.

Music is only good sometimes.

Music is music and there are only two types: good and bad.

If it's got the feeling, if the music moves you or not, it doesn't matter what the genre is to me.

My son always says I like very weird music.

What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.

We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.

Great music is in the ear of the beholder.

I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.