Quotes by Stevie Ray Vaughan

About Stevie Ray Vaughan:

Stephen Ray Vaughan is widely considered one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of blues music, and one of the most important figures in the revival of blues in the 1980s. AllMusic describes him as "a rocking powerhouse of a guitarist who gave blues a burst of momentum in the '80s, with influence still felt long after his tragic death."
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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. In some ways, I felt stagnant in my life and it showed.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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

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.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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

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

What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that's all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?

Stevie Ray Vaughan

I took music theory for one year in high school and flunked all but one six-week period. That's because I couldn't read music, and the rest of the class was already eight or nine years into it. The teacher would sit down and hit a ten-fingered chord ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Author Bio

  • NameStevie Ray Vaughan
  • DescriptionAmerican guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
  • BornOctober 3, 1954
  • DiedAugust 27, 1990
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer-songwriter; Composer