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 of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me to play how I felt. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer. — 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 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 Image
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 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 probably have… — 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 all kinds… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Surfers were the ones who named all my songs. They'd yell out the names, and we just kept 'em. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
