Steve Vai Quotes

I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good 'inner ear' - the art of being able to decipher musical components solely through listening - is the most important element in becoming a good musician.

Steve Vai

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Women hold themselves back because they don't think their perspective matters. I'm here to tell you that you're not just robbing yourself when you do that: you're robbing all of us.

Jennifer Palmieri

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Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial.

John Garamendi

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I became very attentive to customers because I was desperate not to have people leave and never come back.

Andrew Cherng

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I don't want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, 'There used to be turtles that swam in the ocean.'

Angela Kinsey

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If I want to make a product that is appealing to consumers, like a piece of clothing or a video game, that's fad driven. Some companies do it, and I don't know how they do it, but it's generally a bad place to invest.

Steve Jurvetson

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I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many people, black and white, were instrumental in changing the Jim Crow status quo on all levels.

Rita Dove

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When I was in meditation, God began to speak to me, and God said, 'Roland, I have enough preachers. I need people where you are in your positions. When you are on radio, when you are on television, you speak into more people in the five minutes than some preachers speak to in an entire year.'

Roland Martin

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Jazz has a lot to do with being very present. You know the structure, then you flow through it.

Lizz Wright

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Airbnb is a much more effective protest than shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge.

Jason Calacanis

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There are just things you can explore in a movie that you can't in 22 minutes with a laugh track.

Josh Radnor

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With my kids, I'm a little sappier than my father may have been.

Joseph Stiglitz

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All 'potential' means to me is that you haven't proved anything.

Draymond Green

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