Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I blew amps like they were made of tissue paper. Once I blew out the sound system at Royal Albert Hall in… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn't believe… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string… — 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
