I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANLots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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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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I love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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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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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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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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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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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 hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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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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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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Even though there’s reasons to try things that may or may not work, it’s still a real intimate way to finish the song with everybody right there in the band just locked in.
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