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…

- John Petrucci

The 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 Petrucci

Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years.

- John Petrucci

You try to play the song better than you had before.

- John Petrucci

I don't have very eclectic tastes in music.

- John Petrucci

I remember feeling for the first time going somewhere where I was part of a community where I didn't feel like an outcast. I felt like I belonged. Ev…

- John Petrucci

Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that i…

- John Petrucci

Dark master of sin, now my soul is yours.

- John Petrucci

If someone is feeling out of sorts or detached it's a great time to bring them in and restate why we are here and what we are trying to do.

- John Petrucci