All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI’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.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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 wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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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.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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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 don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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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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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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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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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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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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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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