User:Allen h123

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Wikipedia
I'm a newbie to Wikipedia, and plan to help develop it's rock music, 80's music, 70's Music, and 60's Music. I love editing here, and I plan to do it often!!!

Personal Life
I live with my mom and dad in Kansas. I'm an only child, though I do accept my friend as brothers.

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I speak German - Ich spreche Deutsch
I'm currently learning German in my school. I've already done one year of it, and I LOVE IT!!!


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Quotes
Some quotes from my favorite guitarist, Joe Satriani

"I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second" - Joe Satriani, BAM Magazine - April 6, 1990

"My first [guitar] lessons lasted two weeks and it was "Jingle Bells." It didn't make any sense at all. I wanted to know how to play like Hendrix..." - Joe Satriani, BAM Magazine - April 6, 1990

"I've always spent a lot of time on my records with what I think were unique rhythmic approaches ... but no one ever writes about your rhythm playing" - Joe Satriani, BAM Magazine - April 6, 1990

"When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong." - Joe Satriani, BAM Magazine - April 6, 1990

"I can embarrass myself very easily on guitar. It's funny because people say to me I can play anything; I'm God on the guitar. But I could make a big list of everything I can't play... I'm grateful that people don't notice that." - Joe Satriani, BAM Magazine - April 6, 1990

"Basic anatomy. That has got to be the ongoing frustration: Why can't my fingers do what I want them to do? Not being able to play what I hear in my head - that is the ultimate source of frustration." - Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani: Riff By Riff (book) by Rich Maloof

"When you hear something you don't like, don't ever play it again." - Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani: Riff By Riff (book) by Rich Maloof

"Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't *you* want to play guitar?" - Joe Satriani, Musician Magazine, November 1996

"Eee-nee-mee-nee-my-nee-moe" - (Joe's vocal warmup) Joe Satriani, Guitar World, October 1990

"I think it's quite painfully obvious when someone's practicing through an amp, as opposed to someone who's really laying down some stuff that just happens to be fast." - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, November 1993

"The Squares [Joe's former band] never really fit in. We weren't rock enough. We weren't alternative enough. We weren't new wave enough and we weren't punk enough. Maybe we just weren't the right people for the band" - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, November 1993

"Mozart was a freaky kind of shredder." - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, November 1993

"I assume most guitar players are like me. They're playing, having fun; then they get a magazine in the mail that says "Shred Is Dead" and they say, "What the Hell?" They throw it away and keep on playing." - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, November 1993

"...when you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time." - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, November 1993

"...I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar." - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, November 1993 [in response to a question about shred having a less central role in the media]

"I'm ready to take the heat." - [Joe, on the decision to sing vocals himself for Flying In A Blue Dream] Joe Satriani, Guitar Magazine, March 1990

"My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do." - Joe Satriani, Guitar Magazine, March 1990

"Song ideas have come to me in the middle of interviews, in the shower, or while I'm writing another song." - Joe Satriani, Guitar Magazine, March 1990

"I've always done 'the wrong thing' and had a pretty wonderful time doing it." [Joe, in response to a question about whether he thinks fans would be shocked by 'Enigines of Creation'] - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, May 2000

"...I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do." - Joe Satriani, Guitar World, May 2000

"Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the melody playing that is the cornerstone of what I'm working on." - Joe Satriani, Guitar Magazine, August 1997

"When these guitar mags bring up that stuff up and say such and such came up with this and that which is pushing the boundaries, I just say, 'let's step back for a minute and admit something: nothing has happened for the last 100 years'. And it's okay. It's not a bad thing ... We're all working with 'tools' that have been in existence for the last 100 years and there hadn't been a new 'tool' for a long long time." - Joe Satriani, RIP Magazine, June 1994

"There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free." - [Joe discussing how he always works out parts that use pitch axis theory] Joe Satriani, Guitar Magazine, November 1996

"If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book ... that's no fun at all" - Joe Satriani, Guitar Player, November 1989

"It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore." - Joe discussing his intentionally-out-of-tune intro to 'Back To Shalla Bal' and contrasting it to the "perfectness" of Abba's vocals. - Joe Satriani, Guitar Player, November 1989