Top 115 Quotes & Sayings by Orianthi
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian musician Orianthi.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
My dad is a guitar player with huge vinyl record collection. I loved listening to his albums, especially Cream and The Yardbirds.
I'm so excited to share 'Heaven In This Hell' with the fans!
I think it's important to evolve and make a different record every time as an artist.
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.
Getting ready for a tour is a big process, and I enjoy every part of it.
I'm half Greek, half Australian.
I'd like to be able to get more girls to play guitar. I think with a girl playing electric guitar, sometimes it's seen a bit like a guy doing ballet. All the people I learned guitar from have been guys. There are some great female players, like Bonnie Raitt and Jennifer Batten, but very few.
'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'Wanted Dead or Alive' - those are iconic songs.
Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that's what being a musician is all about.
When you play a show and you see people singing your lyrics back to, you feel as if they do know you.
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'm a fan of stuff that's on the radio that just gets you moving or whatever, and you're in the car.
Since I was three, music's been my life.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
It's not easy being a female guitar player. You have to believe in yourself.
I'm a big country fan.
Music is not a sport - one is not better than the other. You just like what you like and get inspired.
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.
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.
The She Rocks Awards does so much for women in music, and I'm excited to be a part of it.
I just like to experiment.
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 swear that he is an alien. There is something about his phrasing that is so unpredictable and cool. It makes you wonder where it came from. I wish I could play like that. I listen to Jeff Beck and think, 'Bloody hell!' The way that Jeff Beck and his band play together is just amazing. Yeah, those guys definitely come from another planet.
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.
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 had a teacher at school who told me to take up the harp.
Being the frontperson is great because you're running the show.
I'm all about inspiring young musicians to get out there and express themselves through music.
You want a solo to be structured, a song within a song, but you want it to sound like it's the first time you're playing it, too.
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.
Beats are really inspiring. They always make me want to write something over them.
I have, like, 1,000 voice memos on my iPhone.
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.
Who didn't want to dance like Michael Jackson? I know I did.
I want to collaborate with different artists.
Sometimes I want to hear something fun to cook or bake to; other times, I need specific songs to to lift me up.
'Guitar World' is one of my favorite magazines.
That's my goal: to inspire more female guitarists out there.
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.
'Walk With Me' was written really fast, and that one is about togetherness.
I think you can hear the Delta blues thing in something like the intro to 'Heaven in This Hell,' which has that down-home acoustic riff.
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.
Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it's all over is not something I want to do. I want a long career. I want to continue to play guitar and have as much guitar in there as possible in a commercial song without being too indulgent.
I've been playing electric guitar since I was 11, and I love the blues.
There aren't too many female guitar players.
I'm a rock/blues guitar player. I'm not wanting to be a pop star or anything.
I'm actually allergic to sulfate - so I can't have vinegar, and I can't drink wine.
I'm always amazed at how records can make you feel like somebody else understands you.
I like to just plug in and play; I don't use a lot of effects.
My favorite solos are all very melodic. Those are the ones that are the most memorable.
My parents went out of their way for me ever since I left school. When I was 15, I said to Mum, 'I'm leaving school,' and she was like, 'Okay.' I joined a cover band and played three nights a week, and they were really supportive of that.
Working with Michael Jackson was awesome. He was an incredible entertainer, dancer, singer, magician, everything, and he was really sweet, too.
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'd be a chef if I wasn't a musician, that's for sure.
I think people see me, and they can't get past my looks or the fact that a girl can be serious about playing the guitar.
When I saw Santana for the first time, I was really inspired. Same with Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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