So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI 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.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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’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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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.
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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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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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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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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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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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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!
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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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I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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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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Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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