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.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANMy baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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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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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’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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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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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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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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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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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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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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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’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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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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The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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