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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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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
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 use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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Hard heavy Myself Talk
When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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Mindset Myself Play Trouble
Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It’s the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.
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Guitar Hands Hold Sound Way Yourself
I’ve put my life back together, but it’s all a growing process and that’s neat, too, because if you stop growing, what good is it musically? So that is what I am looking forward to – growing. In some ways, I felt stagnant in my life and it showed.
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Feeling Growth Life Music Myself Togetherness
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 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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Different Instrument Myself Need Play
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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Eyes Friendship Front Love Mirror Myself
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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Business Flame Lying Thinking Wrong Yourself
My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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Herself Learning Man Yourself
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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Better Day Greatness Myself See Teaching Thinking Wait
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.
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Change Myself Right Weird
Even though there’s reasons to try things that may or may not work, it’s still a real intimate way to finish the song with everybody right there in the band just locked in.
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Intimate Lock Reason Work
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.
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Beautiful Beginning Dreams Each Other Help Myself Sleep
Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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Each Other Hold On Music Reach

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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