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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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Intimate Lock Reason Work
I 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.
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Different Guitar Instrument Kind Myself Sound Versatile
All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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Different Feeling Personality
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
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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Death Example Growth Myself Unfortunate
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.
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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!
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Break Myself Play Prison
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
I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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Instrument Myself Play
What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that’s all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?
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Hear Love Try Yourself
So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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Brother Guitar Myself Play Try
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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Black Live Myself Place White
Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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Change Myself Name Work
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

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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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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