Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes

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• I figured out how to get the guitar to rumble...I put it on the middle pickup, turn the tone know down, grab it by the…
• 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…
• Music has become really important now. It's helped me to open up more and take a chance on loving people. Music is a good reason…
• I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.
• I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!
• Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
• All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
• Well there's floodin' down in Texas. All of the telephone lines are down. Well, I've been tryin' to call my baby, Lord, and I can't…
• When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
• I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.
• 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.…
• I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
• 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…
• Jazz changes and all. But I don't know the names of what it is I'm doing.
• The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
• 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…
• I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like…
• 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…
• God it's good to be here walkin together, my friend.
• 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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