Joe Satriani Quotes

I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power.

I like to rehearse a lot. Before I hit the stage, I listen to the songs that I would perform and make sure I execute everything.

Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.

Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

I have moments all the time when I play.

I always meditate before every show. I say a prayer with my crew and my band to get in the mode, and I also stretch because it's a very athletic show. We've got to entertain; it's what we do.

We're not one of those bands that throws the names of all their songs in a hat and pulls them out right before they go on stage.

I warm up at home. I hit the stage, I'm ready, whether it's rehearsal or anything.

Before every performance, you need at least half an hour to focus on what you are about to do: the walk-on and walk-off, the lyrics, how you are going to sing it - like, the original or bring your own personal flavour to it - how are you going to make it the best.

Thirty minutes onstage for me is literally a full day's work. So I make sure I eat right and I make sure I keep my energy high.

Some players like to practise right up to the start of play. But for me, whatever warming up I did was only going to be followed by cooling down again.

I don't like to come to tournaments, like, one week before, because I just need, like, a few days, and then I'm ready to go for it.

My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.

I think there's an attitude these days that you can go straight from a studio to the stage, and it isn't really like that. But playing live was the most important thing for me at the start because whenever I recorded something, it didn't sound right; I didn't like how my voice sounded. It was just raw.

When I play on stage, I have to drink a glass of water.

We're very much perfectionists, so when we're putting on a huge show and want to play to the best of ability, we rehearse intensely. And I have a guitar pretty much in my hand for at least five hours before doing a show. I'm just noodling and mucking around and working on some of the songs here and there.

I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.

I don’t like to rehearse. And I couldn’t understand how you could go through eight weeks of rehearsal, without exhausting every possibility. To the point where, you know, you would just lie gasping on the floor!

I was so nervous every night that I had to really focus and keep myself in that moment so that I would not forget the words. I was really present for every song.

But I'm not superstitious. I don't really eat dinner before I go on stage, because digesting a lot of food kind of shuts you down. And I try not to get involved in emotional conversations with anyone beforehand either, so I've got a clear head.

I don't go into rehearsal for a production unless I've figured everything out.

Yeah, certainly you want to try to save your energy at a Grand Slam.

Choirs, auditions, talent shows, I was doing it all.