Orianthi

“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.”

“Who didn't want to dance like Michael Jackson? I know I did.”

“That's my goal: to inspire more female guitarists out there.”

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

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

“Getting to write a song with Steve Vai - he was my first support.”

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

“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 love singing my own stuff, but I also love being a guitar player. Doing both keeps things interesting.”

“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.”

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

“When you play a show and you see people singing your lyrics back to, you feel as if they do know you.”

“I'm so excited to share 'Heaven In This Hell' with the fans!”

“'Walk With Me' was written really fast, and that one is about togetherness.”

“I think it's important to evolve and make a different record every time as an artist.”

“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.”

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

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

“Since I was three, music's been my life.”

“Everyone has troubles in their life.”