I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera.
Steve VaiI'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.
Steve VaiI knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.
Steve VaiIf you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will start to happen
Steve VaiIt is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention.
Steve VaiIf you want to play something that you hear, you need to listen with your mind's eye. You've heard of the mind's eye, right? Your mind has an ear too. It's a kind of listening, but it's not using your ears to listen. It's listening with your inner ear, and that's what you want to translate onto the guitar.
Steve Vai