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 VAUGHANEven 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.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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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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My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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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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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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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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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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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