--- title: "1 Ray Vaughan Quotes By Mike McCready" description: "1 Ray Vaughan quotes by Mike McCready. Plus more from Mike McCready and more Ray Vaughan sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/mike-mccready-3746_band_i-was-reading-an-article-with-stevie-ray_1182948.jpg" --- > [I was reading an article with Stevie Ray Vaughan a long time ago, and the number '1959' stuck out to me for some reason. So I started searching those out as the band got more popular and I could actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/i-was-reading-an-article-with-stevie-ray-vaughan-a-long-time-ago-and/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/mike-mccready-3746_band_i-was-reading-an-article-with-stevie-ray_1182948.jpg) ## More by Mike McCready > [Duff McKagen's been a dear friend of mind for a long time, and he's a Seattlelite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/duff-mckagen-s-been-a-dear-friend-of-mind-for-a-long-time-and-he-s-a/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/i-am-constantly-amazed-at-their-support-over-the-years/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [I should never, ever try and grow a mustache again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/i-should-never-ever-try-and-grow-a-mustache-again/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [Playing albums in sequence can be awesome, or it can be very limiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/playing-albums-in-sequence-can-be-awesome-or-it-can-be-very-limiting/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [Playing onstage, I'm always aware of where the bathrooms are. When Crohn's hits, I have to run, or it won't be pretty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/playing-onstage-i-m-always-aware-of-where-the-bathrooms-are-when/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [As a band, we just don't tolerate any kind of abuse or intolerance of any kind of LGBT people by any kind of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/as-a-band-we-just-don-t-tolerate-any-kind-of-abuse-or-intolerance-of/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [My mind has always kind of operated with this band like it's gonna be over tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/my-mind-has-always-kind-of-operated-with-this-band-like-it-s-gonna-be/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [I'm sober now and very happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/i-m-sober-now-and-very-happy/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/it-was-by-design-that-we-mostly-used-pictures-that-you-could-not/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/but-kiss-inspired-me-personally-to-pick-up-a-guitar-and-go-for-it/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [We have a ridiculous amount of material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/we-have-a-ridiculous-amount-of-material/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [We can go to Australia and play to 30-to-40,000. We can do that in certain places in the States, but not everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/we-can-go-to-australia-and-play-to-30-to-40-000-we-can-do-that-in/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [There are moments in South America, in Brazil, where you look out, and there are literally thirty, forty thousand people jumping up and down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/there-are-moments-in-south-america-in-brazil-where-you-look-out-and/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [When our band took off, we were all in this microcosm of a hurricane or whatever it was. It was a crazy, crazy dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/when-our-band-took-off-we-were-all-in-this-microcosm-of-a-hurricane/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) > [There's no time for regrets. You've just got to keep moving forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/there-s-no-time-for-regrets-you-ve-just-got-to-keep-moving-forward/) [Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ray-vaughan/mike-mccready/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ray Vaughan Quotes By Mike McCready", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was reading an article with Stevie Ray Vaughan a long time ago, and the number '1959' stuck out to me for some reason. So I started searching those out as the band got more popular and I could actually afford one. And I found this one in Los Angeles. 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