Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly.
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STEVE EARLE Well, excuuuuuse me!!!!. STEVE MARTIN When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any o... STEVE CARELL We had gone out on the road in 94 and 95 for a three month American tour, and we realised, as did ou... STEVE BROWN A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream. I was in a helicopter firing a machine gun at Piers Br... STEVE TRUGLIA A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream. STEVE TRUGLIA Western civilization is the most successful civilization the world has ever seen. And some of the re... STEVE KING Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Sax... STEVE LACY The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring. STEVE FOSSETT I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars. STEVE GUTTENBERG I'm not bragging, but just going Sunday to Sunday, it will be a real rare game when I don't ... STEVE LARGENT We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this... STEVE JOBS I am a self-made brat. STEVE WYNN We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our arti... STEVE VAI I don't have time, energy, or interest in hating the haters; I'm too busy loving the lovers. STEVE MARABOLI In the case of music, Apple got out early. They were the first to really recognize that you couldn... STEVE BALLMER I guess I just always imagined that I was going to die, like, somehow on top. I was going to, like, ... STEVE-O There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neithe... STEVE CHABOT The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than yo... STEVE YOUNG