Dimebag Darrell Quotes

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• We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.
• I'm not saying I wouldn't play a seven-string. It's just that I've never needed one. Most dudes who play seven-strings don't sound any different than…
• ... I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back to back on…
• The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.
• Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.
• It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.
• I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.
• Every song is different.
• A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.
• Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.
• I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.
• My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he…
• The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. My old man used to flip out whenever I would…
• To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like…
• When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things…
• Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.
• If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.
• Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.
• My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that.…
• I used to skip school and paint my face with Ace Frehley Kiss make-up.

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