Joe Satriani Quotes

Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girl”? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint or you’re psychotic. If a few things offend you, deal with them--fairly. If you’re often offended by things, you’re probably a self-righteous asshole and it’s too bad you weren’t censored yourself--by your mother in an abortion clinic.

I have this self-conscious inclination to just say "anyone who hates it, that's cool that's fine!"

It's sometimes the random people that say things that aren't so nice, but that's okay.

What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more.

Being offended is part of being in the real world.

I know that when you talk about something that may hurt someone, reactions are normal, and you are touching some nerves... But I don't do things because people always like what I do.

When something bad is written about me, I find it hurtful. So I choose not to look at it.

I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.

People don't want to hear bad news. They don't want their institutions criticized.

There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don't. Personal attacks on me? I think I'm just so used to it.

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.

I don't like my ego stroked too much.

You have to just figure out how to let it roll off of you, because no matter who you are or what you do, somebody's always going to disagree with something that you're doing or saying or something that you think or believe.

I don't like it when people tell me I'm wrong.

I choose to let the press say whatever they want and let people say whatever they want.

There are always gonna be people that are gonna be offended about something. This will never end.

When someone gives you offense, it doesn't mean you have to take it.

I would say just stop watching me, I guess, at this point. That is what I do, and it probably is, in some way, a bit of a lecture. I can see how that's not something that would be enticing for you to watch in a stand-up hour.

Quit voting me down before you even think about what I'm saying.

You shouldn't bear humiliations.

Go ahead and voice your criticisms, but don't expect to be invited back.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.

Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.

Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.