Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANGod it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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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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 hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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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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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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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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 don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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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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Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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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 use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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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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The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
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