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 VAUGHANMusic really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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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 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 whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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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’ve put my life back together, but it’s all a growing process and that’s neat, too, because if you stop growing, what good is it musically? So that is what I am looking forward to – growing. In some ways, I felt stagnant in my life and it showed.
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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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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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I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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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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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’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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