My mind never left 20, because once it does, that's when you start to die. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
When my guitar was growling, playing surf beat, you could hear it; you could feel it. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
What we perceive things to be when they come out of our mouth is not what the listener perceives it to be.… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I surfed Dana Point, San Clemente, and of course Huntington Beach. Every morning, you could find me at the hot water pipe. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, 'Dick, cut it out, man! You're… — 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
In the Shao Lin temple, they never allow you to touch the skin of a drum until you can tongue what you're… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
If you ask me what I'd rather be doing, well, I'd rather be home in California, watching TV, polishing my tools and… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
For 20 years I've been screaming at these guitar companies, saying, 'It's abnormal to put your arm around an acoustic guitar that… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I was reading a magazine when I was a little kid, probably about twelve years old, and an ad said that if… — 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
