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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Guess Life Myself Pieces Reality Slow Togetherness
I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Hard heavy Myself Talk
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Black Live Myself Place White
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Instrument Myself Play
So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Brother Guitar Myself Play Try
After I changed the string we picked up right where we left off – and punched back in at the same time. I don’t know if this has ever been done before. The engineer sort of looked at us weird, but we got it on the first take.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Change Myself Right Weird
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Goodness Herself Human Leaving Life Word
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Instrument Music Myself
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Brother Each Other Enemy Help See Sister Yourself
I don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Break Myself Play Prison
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Drive Front Hands Right Serious Yourself
Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I’m only looking at a friend.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Eyes Friendship Front Love Mirror Myself
I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Different Instrument Myself Need Play
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Death Example Growth Myself Unfortunate
The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Myself Problem Shop Sound
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Beautiful Beginning Dreams Each Other Help Myself Sleep

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