After I changed the string we picked up right where we left off – and punched back in at the same time. I don’t know if this has ever been done before. The engineer sort of looked at us weird, but we got it on the first take. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote
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. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote
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. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote
The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote
Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote
The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote
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 at white clubs and having my fun at the other places. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote
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 Vaughan Read Quote
Lonnie was ahead of his time, but at the same time he was right in there with Albert Collins’s Cool Sounds. Stevie Ray Vaughan Read Quote