My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANMy baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThat’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANWhen I play from my mind I get in trouble.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThe whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThe way people come into your life when you need them, it’s wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It’s like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANGod it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI mainly use Stratocasters. I like a lot of different kinds of guitars, but for what I do, it seems that a Stratocaster is the most versatile. I can pretty much get any sound out of it, and I use stock pickups.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANLots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANYou 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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANIt 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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThe way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANMusic really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANJazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI’m just doing the best I can now to keep this going… trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANYou 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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN