American - Musician | October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990
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.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.
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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 is to help each other and not hurt each other.
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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 with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.
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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 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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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.
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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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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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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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Ya know, right now the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all I thank God I'm alive today, and I mean that. I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing.
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