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 VAUGHANMy baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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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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 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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You know, right now, the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all, I thank God I’m alive today, and I mean that. You see, I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing.
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The 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.
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Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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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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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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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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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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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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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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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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I was walking around trying to act cool, like I had no fear at all. But I was afraid, afraid that somebody would find out just how scared I was. Now I’m finally realizing that fear is the opposite of love.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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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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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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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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I don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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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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