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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANSo, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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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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That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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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 use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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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 whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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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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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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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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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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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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