Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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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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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I love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
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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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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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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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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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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That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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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 was walking around trying to act cool, like I had no fear at all. But I was afraid, afraid that somebody would find out just how scared I was. Now I’m finally realizing that fear is the opposite of love.
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