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 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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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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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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Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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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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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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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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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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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Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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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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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 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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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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