Dimebag Darrell

I'm still the same cat I always was.

— Dimebag Darrell

'I'm Broken' was a sound check riff.

— Dimebag Darrell

Learn licks and songs from records.

— Dimebag Darrell

I'm into sounds, man.

— Dimebag Darrell

Sometimes, I even freak myself out!

— Dimebag Darrell

Every song is different.

— Dimebag Darrell

I'm a spazzer, you know?

— Dimebag Darrell

I'll sleep anywhere!

— Dimebag Darrell

With my bud..throwin' the cam on me..just incase I get hurt, by the police.

— Dimebag Darrell

I really respect Zakk Wylde's guitar playing and his compulsive work ethic.

— Dimebag Darrell

I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.'

— Dimebag Darrell

Heavy metal is what Im into. Shit that moves you. Shit that has heart and soul.

— Dimebag Darrell

I use some pretty radical harmonics at the beginning of 'Heresy.'

— Dimebag Darrell

Spittin' blood, smokin' guitars, fire everywhere - Kiss is where I started.

— Dimebag Darrell

I respect the Pantera fans with all my heart.

— Dimebag Darrell

I used to skip school and paint my face with Ace Frehley Kiss make-up.

— Dimebag Darrell

If you wanna get out of a rut bad enough, it'll always happen. It's up to you, though. No one else is…

— Dimebag Darrell

Sometimes it's cool to play major third and minor third diads back-to-back, or a minor third followed by a root/fifth diad -…

— Dimebag Darrell

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

— Dimebag Darrell

When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than…

— Dimebag Darrell

I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing.

— Dimebag Darrell

As far as I'm concerned, it's no good being able to wail out smokin' leads if your rhythm chops hugg!

— Dimebag Darrell

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

— Dimebag Darrell

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

— Dimebag Darrell

To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops…

— Dimebag Darrell

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and…

— Dimebag Darrell

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me…

— Dimebag Darrell

Whenever I record more than two or three layers, it starts to get cluttered up, and you can't hear the cut of…

— Dimebag Darrell

Much love and respect and thanks for letting me be a small part of your life and I know you are already…

— Dimebag Darrell

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. My old man used to flip out…

— Dimebag Darrell

... I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back…

— Dimebag Darrell

It's funny, man, sometimes you record something that you plan on re-doing later, but then when you listen back to it, you…

— Dimebag Darrell

My whammy system is set up so I can yank the bar up as well as do dive-bombs with it. This means…

— Dimebag Darrell

Initially, I just used the guitar as a prop. I'd pose with it in front of a mirror in my Kiss makeup…

— Dimebag Darrell

With the right outlook, you can learn to entertain yourself and entertain each other so you can enjoy doing what you're doing.…

— Dimebag Darrell

Even though I'll do finger warm-ups that go up and down the neck to build up my chops and dexterity, I never,…

— Dimebag Darrell

The local dudes who knew that my dad owned a studio would say, 'Ahh, dude is spoiled,' and this and that. But…

— Dimebag Darrell

Theres a tendency in these fucked up moments to use the word I a lot and focus on ones own feelings of…

— Dimebag Darrell

To me, a sure-fire way to get in a rut is by sitting around playing by yourself for too long. You've gotta…

— Dimebag Darrell

I always go for that live, honest feel when I'm going for that first rhythm track. I'll never hold back on a…

— Dimebag Darrell