Quotes from Orianthi

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.

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

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

The She Rocks Awards does so much for women in music, and I'm excited to be a part of it.

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

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've been playing electric guitar since I was 11, and I love the blues.

Christmas time... is about bringing everyone together.

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

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.

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

Sometimes I write from personal experience, but so much depends on what mood I'm in. If I'm in a good mood, I'll write happier songs.

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

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

I want to collaborate with different artists.

I like collecting chickens.

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

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

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.

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

'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'Wanted Dead or Alive' - those are iconic songs.

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

I just like to experiment.

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.