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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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
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
Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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Leadership Play Rhythm Time Togetherness
When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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Mindset Myself Play Trouble
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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Alive Important Life Thankful Thinking Yourself
All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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Different Feeling Personality
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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Guess Life Myself Pieces Reality Slow Togetherness
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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Instrument Myself Play
God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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God Myself Togetherness Walk
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
So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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Brother Guitar Myself Play Try
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
Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I’m only looking at a friend.
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Eyes Friendship Front Love Mirror Myself
The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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Big Deal Idol Life People Value Walk Yourself
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
My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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Herself Learning Man Yourself
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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Myself Neck Play Time Way
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.
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Business Flame Lying Thinking Wrong Yourself
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!
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Better Day Greatness Myself See Teaching Thinking Wait
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Beautiful Beginning Dreams Each Other Help Myself Sleep
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
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
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
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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Guitar Hands Hold Sound Way Yourself
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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Help Life Need People Right Way Yourself
That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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Life Live Time
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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Change Myself Right Weird

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