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 VAUGHANI 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.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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.
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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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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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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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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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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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My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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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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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 actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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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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