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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

God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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God Myself Togetherness Walk
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
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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Instrument Myself Play
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
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.
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Alive Important Life Thankful Thinking Yourself
When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Mindset Myself Play Trouble
Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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Leadership Play Rhythm Time Togetherness
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
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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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
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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Instrument Music Myself
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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Brother Each Other Enemy Help See Sister Yourself
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
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
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.
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Goodness Herself Human Leaving Life Word
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
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
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Guitar Hands Hold Sound Way Yourself
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
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?
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Hear Love Try Yourself
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 love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
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Children Fine Love Relationship Time Wine
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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Intimate Lock Reason Work
I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
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 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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