John Petrucci Quotes

It accumulates over the years and I've led so many bands of my own now and forced myself into new situations... You would hope that you play better and better - until you just get too feeble to do it anymore.

Experience really does make you better, man.

As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.

I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

Your experience of life is to a large part distilled into your performing. As you grow older, you concentrate on aspects of music that you perhaps only touched on earlier.

Part of being in a band is getting better.

I'm maturing as a person and as a player.

There are a lot of things that you learn as a rookie and you grow the most, I would say as a rookie from your first year to your second year.

There's people out there, Canadians out there, that have high expectations for me, but I mean, I'm still a kid, still trying to learn the game. I'm just trying to develop my skills as much as possible.

I've learned so much at PSV, not only on the pitch but also as a person.

I believe that I've improved a lot as a player and a person, because being surrounded by great players on a daily basis helps your development out on the pitch.

I had some definite weaknesses my rookie year that I had to work on and hopefully I've gotten better at those.

Of course, I know by growing older, I'm going to become stronger, smarter, and know the game better.

The only way young players learn how to get better is by playing or get the experience is by playing and getting out there and doing it.

I was a late bloomer, but I realised that people really liked it when I played blues scales and, with the piano, I had that insatiable need to prove myself.

The older I get, the more interest I have in writing other kinds of music.

I look to gain experience wherever I play.

I've grown a lot since my first record came out - even since 'Back II da Basics' was released in 2005.

There's always things you want to get better at and learn from but that's something that's quite hard to instil in players.

My music's matured so much, I don't have to create any barriers.

I just keep my eyes open and focus on the things I'm not good at and what makes other people better than me - technique and things outside the Octagon.

Within the realm of wrestling, it's been the same every year - just continually trying to improve and evolve as a wrestler, putting myself in a position to not maintain but maximize my potential.

I'm more mature, my game is more mature, and I can do a bunch of things on and off the court to fully maximize this team's potential.

The longer I have played, the perception of myself has changed. I conduct myself to other players a bit better.

The first song that I wrote that I was proud of was probably 'Hunter' from the first record. But I listen that now and I don't know. I mean, it's got a good hook, but still. I'm proud of it. I'm as proud as I can be of all the ideas, but I think 'Party' showed a maturity that I don't think I had on 'Aldous Harding.'