John Petrucci Quotes

My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me learn the recorder when I was three, the violin when I was five and the piano when I was seven. I took up the guitar myself when I was 14.

So I studied a lot with the balloon, and in learning how to sing with other musicians and keep in time - that's all by touch. A lot of that I feel in my body, and growing up with hearing I have pretty good muscle memory, and I was born with near perfect pitch.

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

I used to listen a lot to Rolling Stones records and play along with them when I was first starting. It's a good way to learn, jamming around basic music.

I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important.

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.

I'm learning on the guitar all the time.

I think it's important to learn instruments, whenever one has a little space. Be eager to learn and love your instrument.

Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those.

I've only ever had one doubt about music. It came when I was 11. I hated playing scales.

Classical music is always a really great way for me to get my chops to where I want them to be.

I'd like to know how to play the guitar.

I'm not the type of player to sit home and practice scales and work on runs.

I play guitar, piano, and I'm learning to play the drums.

I took a private lesson, but it didn't really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself.

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.

I practice every day and that kind of stuff to maintain my musicianship.

I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.

The more you play music, the better you'll get.

My father started me out on the flute and I began going to teachers.

I learned tabla for three years when in school, then started picking up the basics of the acoustic guitar when in college.

I use the aid of technology while running through songs. Visual tuners and feeling the vibrations through the floor to keep time.

I first started playing the violin at 6. And then at 7, it was piano. So from then it was just classical music like every day.

Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.