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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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
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
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Black Live Myself Place White
When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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Mindset Myself Play Trouble
The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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Myself Problem Shop Sound
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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Instrument Music Myself
If you hit the front end on the right-hand side you could turn that one on by itself and if you hit on the left-hand side you could turn it on and off. And in the middle it was like serious overdrive.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Drive Front Hands Right Serious Yourself
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Goodness Growth Music Myself Try
So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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Brother Guitar Myself Play Try
That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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Life Live Time
I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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Hard heavy Myself Talk
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Act Cool Fear Love Myself Try Walk
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Goodness Herself Human Leaving Life Word
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Guess Life Myself Pieces Reality Slow Togetherness
I love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Children Fine Love Relationship Time Wine
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
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.
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Beautiful Beginning Dreams Each Other Help Myself Sleep
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Alive Important Life Thankful Thinking Yourself
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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Different Guitar Instrument Kind Myself Sound Versatile
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
Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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Each Other Hold On Music Reach
Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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Leadership Play Rhythm Time Togetherness
I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Different Instrument Myself Need Play
My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Herself Learning Man Yourself
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Business Flame Lying Thinking Wrong Yourself
All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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Different Feeling Personality
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

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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