So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANWhile I was sleeping, I had a beautiful dream that all the people of the world got together on the same wavelength and began helping each other.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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You know, right now, the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all, I thank God I’m alive today, and I mean that. You see, I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!
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What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that’s all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?
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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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While I was sleeping, I had a beautiful dream that all the people of the world got together on the same wavelength and began helping each other.
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I’ve been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it’s happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.
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Some of us can be examples about going ahead and growing, and some of us, unfortunately, don’t make it there, and end up being examples because they had to die. I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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If you hit the front end on the right-hand side you could turn that one on by itself and if you hit on the left-hand side you could turn it on and off. And in the middle it was like serious overdrive.
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I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.
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You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other – our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That’s to help each other, not hurt each other.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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I’m just doing the best I can now to keep this going… trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
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I don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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