“Anytime I can use open strings in a chord, or add a ninth, I will.” — John Petrucci Quote

“Anytime I can use open strings in a chord, or add a ninth, I will.”

“I spent a lot of time developing my chops when I was younger. In doing so, I found that one of the hardest things was dealing with what to practice.”

“I've listened to musicians who say that using a metronone makes you robotic, that it decreases your 'feel.' That's ridiculous. Either you have feel or you don't. Feel is one of those intangibles that can't be taught. But if you do have feel, using a metronome will allow you to play cleaner - and that'll make your 'feel' have more, well, 'feeling.'”

“I can speak passable Mandarin. I will not be translating at the U.N. anytime soon.”

“Anytime I'm given scripts where I'm sort of the fantasy girl, it's hard for me because that's not real and I don't think it's a great thing to put out there consistently.”

“Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not living up to your complete potential - you're obviously going to get ticked off about that.”