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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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Myself Problem Shop Sound
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Instrument Music Myself
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
All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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Different Feeling Personality
Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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Leadership Play Rhythm Time Togetherness
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
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Business Flame Lying Thinking Wrong Yourself
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Instrument Myself Play
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
I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Hard heavy Myself Talk
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Guitar Hands Hold Sound Way Yourself
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 don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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Break Myself Play Prison
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 VAUGHAN

Goodness Growth Music Myself Try
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
God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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God Myself Togetherness Walk
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
I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Different Instrument Myself Need Play
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!
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Better Day Greatness Myself See Teaching Thinking Wait
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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Brother Each Other Enemy Help See Sister 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
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

Act Cool Fear Love Myself Try Walk
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 VAUGHAN

Change Myself Right Weird
That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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Life Live Time
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
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

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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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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