Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes

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!

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

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.

My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.

I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.

Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.

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.

I love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

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.