--- title: "1 Audience Mood Quotes By Dick Dale" description: "1 Audience Mood quotes by Dick Dale. Plus more from Dick Dale and more Audience Mood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/dick-dale-4450_audience_i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they_2287465.jpg" --- > [I try to read the audience, see what they're in the mood for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they-re-in-the-mood-for/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/dick-dale-4450_audience_i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they_2287465.jpg) ## More by Dick Dale > [Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/surf-music-is-actually-just-the-sound-of-the-waves-played-on-a-guitar/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-used-to-be-a-mean-maniac-someone-once-threw-a-firecracker-at-a-show/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-live-like-in-the-days-of-daniel-boone-hauling-water-by-hand-i-used/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-d-rather-be-a-jack-of-all-trades-than-master-of-one-if-i-became-an/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/every-time-i-went-into-the-studio-some-engineer-tried-to-impress-me/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [Surfers were the ones who named all my songs. They'd yell out the names, and we just kept 'em.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/surfers-were-the-ones-who-named-all-my-songs-they-d-yell-out-the/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [...I enjoyed it (Dr.Ducks Ax Wax) .. in fact I'm all out...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-enjoyed-it-dr-ducks-ax-wax-in-fact-i-m-all-out/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-always-wanted-a-guitar-i-always-wanted-to-be-a-cowboy-singer/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-make-my-guitar-scream-with-pain-or-pleasure-or-sensuality-it-makes/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-ve-never-followed-a-list-in-my-life-and-that-s-probably-what-has/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/jimi-was-a-good-guy-til-he-got-into-drugs-that-s-the-way-it-is-i-just/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/the-kids-called-me-king-of-the-surf-guitar-i-surfed-sunup-to-sundown/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [I enjoy living like a hermit, but I cannot live like a hermit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-enjoy-living-like-a-hermit-but-i-cannot-live-like-a-hermit/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/that-s-what-my-music-does-for-me-it-makes-people-happy-when-i-play-i/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) > [Nothing could capture the sound of Dick Dale - he was too loud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/nothing-could-capture-the-sound-of-dick-dale-he-was-too-loud/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-mood/dick-dale/#itemlist", "name": "1 Audience Mood Quotes By Dick Dale", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I try to read the audience, see what they're in the mood for.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Dale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they-re-in-the-mood-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/dick-dale-4450_audience_i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they_2287465.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/dick-dale-4450_audience_i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they_2287465.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/dick-dale-4450_audience_i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they_2287465.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I try to read the audience, see what they're in the mood for.” — Dick Dale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-mood/dick-dale/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-mood/dick-dale/", "name": "Audience Mood Quotes by Dick Dale", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-mood/dick-dale/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/dick-dale-4450_audience_i-try-to-read-the-audience-see-what-they_2287465.jpg" }, "description": "1 Audience Mood quotes by Dick Dale. 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