Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I’m only looking at a friend.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANIt 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.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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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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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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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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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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 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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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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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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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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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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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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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.
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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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