Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes

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 wang bar, and just shake it on the floor ... a Stratocaster is pretty tough - I wouldn't recommend that anybody do that with their ES-335

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 to come out in the music.

Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I'm only looking at a friend.

Jazz changes and all. But I don't know the names of what it is I'm doing.

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.

I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!

I play as many different things - piano, sax and harp parts - as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.

I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going ... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.

Some people don't understand that but it's nice when it really just gets to the point then that it [music] doesn't get played so much that you're overdoing a lot of things; that it's fresh ideas. And they come out fresh and if you're already in the mode, I guess, to simplify some things so that it comes across better on record, it's the right time to be tasteful with somethin'.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

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 now, and I'm slowly trying to put all the pieces back together.

Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together.

I love my baby like the finest wine, I'll stick with her until the end of time.

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.

God it's good to be here walkin together, my friend.

My baby she's a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.

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.

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.

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

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.

The Marshall is supposed to be 200 watts, but mine's never worked right; it peaks out at 80.

When I play from my mind I get in trouble.

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.