I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANAll the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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 love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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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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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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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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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?
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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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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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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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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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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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