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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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Hard heavy Myself Talk
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Alive Important Life Thankful Thinking Yourself
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?
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Hear Love Try Yourself
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Goodness Growth Music Myself Try
I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
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
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Drive Front Hands Right Serious Yourself
Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I’m only looking at a friend.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Eyes Friendship Front Love Mirror Myself
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
All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Different Feeling Personality
Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Leadership Play Rhythm Time Togetherness
God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

God Myself Togetherness Walk
The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Big Deal Idol Life People Value Walk Yourself
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

Guitar Hands Hold Sound Way Yourself
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Brother Each Other Enemy Help See Sister 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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Feeling Growth Life Music Myself Togetherness

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