If I'm not in an environment where I can record, it's great to be able to write something down, to be able to know how to do that, to be able to write notation. You grab a piece of paper and there it is. It's the cheapest recording equipment you can buy: a piece of manuscript paper and a pencil!
John PetrucciOut of Berklee Dream Theater was born and we've been together ever since. I didn't have to taste that feeling of defeat.
John PetrucciThe only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.
John PetrucciI didn't try out for bands when I was younger. I got into guitars intensely a couple of years into playing so much by the time I was graduating high school I was accepted into Berklee College of Music.
John Petrucci