I like to say, 'I hit every type of music in a show, and I play the people, not the instruments.' — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I don't like to use the word 'fans;' I call them 'Dick Dale music lovers.' — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I make my guitar scream with pain or pleasure or sensuality. It makes people move their feet and shake their bodies. That's… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I've never taken a lesson in my life, and I can play every instrument there is. I play by ear, but I… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
What I play now isn't surf music. It's too powerful. I used to go through paper bags; now I go through brick… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
That's what my music does for me. It makes people happy. When I play, I thank the Lord I've never seen someone… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Music is an attitude. It's a sensation to the average person, to the human being. And keep it simple, stupid. That's always… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I'd rather be a Jack-of-all-trades than master of one. If I became an icon, where my whole life was music, I would… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Some guys record an album with songs that are filler. I recorded this album like it was my last. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Music is nothing but a door opener to meet families and their children and the elderly. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound. — Dick Dale Copy Share
I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage… — Dick Dale Copy Share
I live like in the days of Daniel Boone, hauling water by hand. I used to have two Rolls-Royces. Now I got one. It's… — Dick Dale Copy Share
I'd rather be a Jack-of-all-trades than master of one. If I became an icon, where my whole life was music, I would probably have… — Dick Dale Copy Share
Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with all kinds… — Dick Dale Copy Share
Surfers were the ones who named all my songs. They'd yell out the names, and we just kept 'em. — Dick Dale Copy Share
I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always… — Dick Dale Copy Share
I make my guitar scream with pain or pleasure or sensuality. It makes people move their feet and shake their bodies. That's what music… — Dick Dale Copy Share
I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body. — Dick Dale Copy Share
Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is. — Dick Dale Copy Share
That's what my music does for me. It makes people happy. When I play, I thank the Lord I've never seen someone walk away… — Dick Dale Copy Share
