Best Dick Dale Quotes
- There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around. Buy
- I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul. Anger
- You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way. Affects
- I'm a perfectionist. I'm not going to cheat the people. Cheat
- As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing these songs, and… All
- Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier. Amplifier
- I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it. All
- You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation. All
- My music is more native than intricate or technical. Intricate
- I actually first picked up an ukulele before I picked up a guitar. Actually First
- When I was 18 at the Santa Ana River Jetty is where I put my first board in the water that I ever got from… Ana
- I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums. All
- The Stratocaster is like the Rolls-Royce. It can never be surpassed. Rolls
- I surfed Dana Point, San Clemente, and of course Huntington Beach. Every morning, you could find me at the hot water pipe. Beach
- Drums were my first instrument. Drums
- I blew amps like they were made of tissue paper. Once I blew out the sound system at Royal Albert Hall in London. Albert
- Nothing could capture the sound of Dick Dale - he was too loud. Capture
- I make jokes because humor is the greatest healing factor that there is. Factor
- With every problem comes a gift in hand. Every Problem
- I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way. Never Play
- I enjoy living like a hermit, but I cannot live like a hermit. Cannot Live
- If I ever wrote a book, people would never believe it. Believe
- My father never put me on his lap and said he loved me. Father
- I do not play to musicians. I play to the people. Musicians
- When my guitar was growling, playing surf beat, you could hear it; you could feel it. Beat