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What I play now isn't surf mu...

What I play now isn't surf music. It's too powerful. I used to go through paper bags; now I go through brick walls. I play hard.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

When I first played the guita...

When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn't believe the sound. I said, 'See, gentlemen, the world is no longer flat.'

Dick Dale 62 quotes

My aunt played the piano and ...

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

Jimi was a good guy 'til he g...

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 62 quotes

I always wanted a guitar. I a...

I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs.

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When I was 18 at the Santa An...

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 Joe Quigg. I was just riding the whitewater in, and I was just in heaven.

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I may play the same songs nig...

I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way.

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As a little kid I had a girlf...

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 that's what it's all about. Country music is all about your heart and your people and things like that.

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I'm constantly being influenc...

I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me.

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I live like in the days of Da...

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 got four flat tires; the trunk is open, and a rat lives inside it.

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As I'd go out learning to sur...

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.

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When I play, I don't cheat. I...

When I play, I don't cheat. I played for 490,000 in Berlin, and I'll play just as hard for 100.

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That's what my music does for...

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 from a Dick Dale dance not having a good time. That's what it's all about.

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The Stratocaster is like the ...

The Stratocaster is like the Rolls-Royce. It can never be surpassed.

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I used to be a mean maniac. S...

I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head.

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You know what the doctors cal...

You know what the doctors call me? 'The Cancer Warrior.'

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If I ever wrote a book, peopl...

If I ever wrote a book, people would never believe it.

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When I start playing I'm just...

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.

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Surfers were the ones who nam...

Surfers were the ones who named all my songs. They'd yell out the names, and we just kept 'em.

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Drums were my first instrumen...

Drums were my first instrument.

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