The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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 got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I’m a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my life now, and I’m slowly trying to put all the pieces back together.
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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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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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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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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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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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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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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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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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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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