"When I think of a lot of the players I admire, they could always play their parts without hiding behind distortion and sustain. Put the time in. Hear your mistakes. Yeah, it sucks, it's humbling, it makes you want to throw the guitar out the window. But if you work on your mistakes, they'll eventually go away, and you'll become a strong player."

-- John Petrucci

#Strong Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Player Quotes

“Guys with nice person names try to be sympathetic.”

Source : Caroline B. Cooney (2013). “Wanted!”, p.94, Open Road Media
“I knocked part of my tooth out with a scrubbing brush on stage whilst singing 'Hard Knock Life' in Annie.”
“Honestly every day had huge challenges. I remember one day coming home and running a bath and going, "You don't know how to act, do you?" It was the most humbling experience ever.”
“Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.”
“It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians.”
“God to me is love. It's the ruler of all things, whether it's with a person or with music or with your TV. I feel like it's this energy. God is energy, love is energy.”
“Our lives laid down in war and peace may not Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight. And that they may be is the only prayer Worth praying. May my sacrifice Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight.”
“Understanding is a two-way street.”

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