Stevie Ray Vaughan

“Lonnie was ahead of his time, but at the same time he was right in there with Albert Collins's Cool Sounds.”

“The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.”

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

“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 wa...”

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

“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 aro...”

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

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

“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.”

“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 weir...”

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

“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.”

“I've put my life back together, but it's all a growing process and that's neat, too, because if you stop growing, what good is it musically? So that is what I am looking forward to - growing...”

“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...”

“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 think...”