Top 70 Orianthi Quotes

I just like to experiment.

Eric Clapton was such a great player. He sounds like he’s Freddie King or someone like that. He plays the roots of blues and Delta blues. He really affected me with the way that he plays, because he never really plays that many notes.

In 2007, when I first moved to Los Angeles, I got a call from Prince, and he had been watching my YouTube videos. It was crazy, because I thought it was my friend calling and pretending to be Prince.

My favorite solos are all very melodic. Those are the ones that are the most memorable.

Getting to write a song with Steve Vai – he was my first support.

Being the frontperson is great because you’re running the show.

There’s a lot of players I look up to, and I hope that I can be a role model to young female guitar players. Hopefully they can believe in themselves more.

I’m lucky that my family is musical. Music was encouraged. So when I saw Carlos Santana play and decided to really pursue the electric guitar in earnest, it was OK. My parents knew I was going to go for it.

‘Livin’ on a Prayer,’ ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ – those are iconic songs.

I like to just plug in and play; I don’t use a lot of effects.

Christmas time… is about bringing everyone together.

I play a PRS Custom 22. I learned on a Custom 24. It was set for a country guitarist, so it had a really high action.

I just love food and the art of it. There’s such an art to being a good chef and the way you present food and the different ingredients you use. It’s like music – you get inspiration from different genres. It’s the same with art, too.

Santana is the reason I play guitar – I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.

You go with what you ‘get,’ and I get playing the guitar. It’s a challenge because it’s not an easy instrument to play. There are so many interesting sounds you can make out of it and so many different elements. I dig it.

I was playing piano at three and started writing songs when I was six or seven, and I’ve been addicted since then.

Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that’s what being a musician is all about.

My outlook on life is to keep looking up. If you’re looking down, you don’t see the light. For me, it’s all about embracing that and thinking positively.

So many people have gone through the experience of not feeling good enough.

One of the first country artists I got to work with was Carrie Underwood at the Grammy Awards.

All of my solos are blues based. Even though a lot of my songs get into pop, I wind up going back to the blues. Trying to escape it is like trying to run from the devil.

I’ve had pigeons, doves, mice. I had a cat, dogs.

I aim to inspire a bunch of female guitar players to get out there and take it seriously and never give up.

I knew from when I was six that music would be my life, and I used to spend most of my time in the music room.

It was pretty insane to play the Grammy Awards and looking out in the audience and seeing rock royalty – Bono and Paul McCartney. It was crazy.

Working with Michael Jackson was awesome. He was an incredible entertainer, dancer, singer, magician, everything, and he was really sweet, too.

I love all animals. I’m such an animal lover.

When I saw Santana for the first time, I was really inspired. Same with Stevie Ray Vaughn.

‘Walk With Me’ was written really fast, and that one is about togetherness.

Getting ready for a tour is a big process, and I enjoy every part of it.

I had a teacher at school who told me to take up the harp.

‘Rise’ is a very empowering song.

I was inspired to play electric guitar from listening to a lot of Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and B.B. King, and that’s always been the kind of music that I gravitate toward.

Music’s my life, and it always has been.

Success has been a gradual thing; it hasn’t been overnight. So I appreciate everything and never take it for granted.

It’s hard to solo when you’re walking around, especially when you’re in Michael Jackson’s presence. There are easier things in life to do.

I’m actually allergic to sulfate – so I can’t have vinegar, and I can’t drink wine.

We kind of grew up in an environment that enabled us to be ourselves.

I got to jam with Prince, which is amazing.

Beats are really inspiring. They always make me want to write something over them.

Sometimes I want to hear something fun to cook or bake to; other times, I need specific songs to to lift me up.

Girls are supposed to sing. It’s the guys’ thing to play the guitar. Crossing the line is kind of like trying to be a male ballerina. But if you work long and hard enough, are really passionate about it, people will finally shut up and listen.

Since I was three, music’s been my life.

I was contacted through MySpace to come and jam out for Michael Jackson. I thought it was a joke. I forwarded it to my manager, and it actually was legitimate, so I went the next day.

If somebody likes your videos, they’re gonna tell their friends. They’re gonna send e-mails about you, and before you know it, your name is getting around.

A great guitar solo is really a song within a song. You can always go off and do your pageantry, but it has to be structured.

I had two roosters at one point ,and that was pretty noisy. Our neighbors didn’t like us very much. They would crow at the same time. That’s why we had them in soundproof kennels.

I’m all about inspiring young musicians to get out there and express themselves through music.

I’m really into Deepak Chopra and self-help books.

I think if you can get the right bunch of people together, and you’re in the room and it just feels right, then the music will come.

I have, like, 1,000 voice memos on my iPhone.

To be able to work with my idols is incredible. You learn so much, and they’re wonderful as people, too.

Music is not a sport – one is not better than the other. You just like what you like and get inspired.

I was called a freak because I was so engrossed in music.

Playing Michael Jackson’s memorial service was one of the hardest things to do because it was literally a few days after he had passed, and Kenny Ortega, who was directing it all, was like ‘You’re gonna come out and sing.’ So not only was I completely shaken up, I didn’t know how I was gonna get through it.

When I was around 11, my dad took me to see Santana live, and then I got ‘Sacred Fire,’ and everything changed for me.

I was the only kid reading guitar magazines at the back of the classroom.

You have to work hard if you want something, and my parents instilled that into me when I was really young.

Everyone has troubles in their life.

It’s not easy being a female guitar player. You have to believe in yourself.

When you’re up on stage, especially being a female guitar player in a male-dominated field, if they just see you’re into it, and it’s your passion, and you’re just giving it your all – it’s not, like, an accessory – then it’s all cool.

I’m a rock/blues guitar player. I’m not wanting to be a pop star or anything.

My dad is actually an amazing guitarist, and he always had an incredible record collection, which is how I discovered things like Jimi Hendrix and Santana. I’ll always be grateful for that.

I’m always amazed at how records can make you feel like somebody else understands you.

I’d be a chef if I wasn’t a musician, that’s for sure.

My dad used to listen to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and my mom liked Michael Bolton and Roy Orbison. She was pretty big into country music, too. So there was a wealth of music being played in the house, and I kind of took it all in.

I’ve seen some female players, and they get up there and play an A chord and leave… and it’s not a good representation. You can take it seriously and love it as much as a guy loves it, not just to get up there and pose.

I’m a big country fan.

It’s a crazy industry. I’m not into the partying, I’m a pretty healthy person.

I will literally have a whole pot of coffee to myself.