Frases de Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan foi um guitarrista, cantor e compositor de blues norte-americano. Era o líder da Double Trouble. Nascido em Dallas City, Vaughan se mudou para Austin com 17 anos, quando iniciou sua carreira musical.

Foi uma importante figura do Texas blues, um estilo musical caracterizado pelo swing e pela fusão do blues com o rock. Tornou-se um dos principais músicos do blues rock, com diversas aparições na televisão e álbuns lançados. O trabalho de Vaughan englobou diversos estilos, principalmente o blues. Foi indicado a doze Grammys, vencendo seis; em 2000, foi postumamente induzido ao Hall da Fama do Blues. Muitos o consideram como um dos melhores guitarristas no estilo blues rock.

Morreu em 27 de agosto de 1990, em um acidente de helicóptero em East Troy que também pôs fim à vida de integrantes da equipe de Eric Clapton. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. Outubro 1954 – 27. Agosto 1990
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Stevie Ray Vaughan: Frases em inglês

“You know, [Jojo] 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.”

From a speech during "Life Without You" in Philadelphia (June 30, 1987) at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNdidTsJ4s
Contexto: You know, [Jojo] 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. You see, I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing. It took me quite a while to find out that the real deal is to be able to be enough of a person on your own to know when somebody loves and cares about you. You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other — our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That’s to help each other, not hurt each other. Sometimes, to help them, we've got to help ourselves, so that we’ll know that they’re around in the first place. You see, it’s a big world out there with enough pain and misery in it, without me going around and helping it out by hurting myself, and consequently, those that care about me. What I’m trying to get across to you is: Please take care of yourself and those that you love, because that’s what we are here for, that’s all we’ve got, and that is what we can take with us.

“I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.”

As quoted in Guitar World, September 1988