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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

My baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Herself Learning Man Yourself
Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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Leadership Play Rhythm Time Togetherness
All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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Different Feeling Personality
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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Goodness Herself Human Leaving Life Word
The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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Big Deal Idol Life People Value Walk Yourself
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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Help Life Need People Right Way Yourself
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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Brother Each Other Enemy Help See Sister Yourself
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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Better Day Greatness Myself See Teaching Thinking Wait
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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Instrument Music Myself
God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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God Myself Togetherness Walk
Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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Each Other Hold On Music Reach
When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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Mindset Myself Play Trouble
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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Instrument Myself Play
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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Eyes Friendship Front Love Mirror Myself
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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Drive Front Hands Right Serious Yourself
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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Death Example Growth Myself Unfortunate
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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Goodness Growth Music Myself Try
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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Different Instrument Myself Need Play
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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Guess Life Myself Pieces Reality Slow Togetherness
I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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Myself Problem Shop Sound
That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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Life Live Time
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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Intimate Lock Reason Work
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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Feeling Growth Life Music Myself Togetherness
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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Beautiful Beginning Dreams Each Other Help Myself Sleep
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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Myself Neck Play Time Way
I don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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Break Myself Play Prison

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