After 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.
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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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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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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The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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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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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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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 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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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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 don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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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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Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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