Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANLots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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But between sets I’d sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.
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I got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I’m a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my life now, and I’m slowly trying to put all the pieces back together.
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The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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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 actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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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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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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My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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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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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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I love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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I was walking around trying to act cool, like I had no fear at all. But I was afraid, afraid that somebody would find out just how scared I was. Now I’m finally realizing that fear is the opposite of love.
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Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I’m only looking at a friend.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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