I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI’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.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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 know, there’s a big lie in this business. The lie is that it’s okay to go out in flames. But that doesn’t do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.
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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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My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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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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It is the human things that make life good, the unexpected kindness, the friendly note, the bracing word, the neighbour’s extra loaf of bread she leaves at our back door.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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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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Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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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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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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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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