80 Quotes by Stevie Ray Vaughan

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.

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 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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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