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 VAUGHANI hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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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I’m just doing the best I can now to keep this going… trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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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.
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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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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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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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I love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
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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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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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That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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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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