Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThe way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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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 mainly use Stratocasters. I like a lot of different kinds of guitars, but for what I do, it seems that a Stratocaster is the most versatile. I can pretty much get any sound out of it, and I use stock pickups.
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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 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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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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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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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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The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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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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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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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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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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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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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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