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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANAfter I changed the string we picked up right where we left off – and punched back in at the same time. I don’t know if this has ever been done before. The engineer sort of looked at us weird, but we got it on the first take.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.
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Some of us can be examples about going ahead and growing, and some of us, unfortunately, don’t make it there, and end up being examples because they had to die. 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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That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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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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I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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’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 love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
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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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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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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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