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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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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Different Feeling Personality
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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Eyes Friendship Front Love Mirror 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.
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Drive Front Hands Right Serious Yourself
So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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Brother Guitar Myself Play Try
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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Black Live Myself Place White
My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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Herself Learning Man Yourself
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
Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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Change Myself Name Work
God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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God Myself Togetherness Walk
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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Instrument Music Myself
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
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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Instrument Myself Play
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
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
I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
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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Guitar Hands Hold Sound Way Yourself

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 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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