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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

I've been performing since 19...

I've been performing since 1955. I'm going to have to keep performing till I die because I'm not going to die in some rocking chair with a big ol' beer belly.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

When I started surfing, you'd...

When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the wave is lipping up over the top of you, it makes this hissing sound.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I make my guitar scream with ...

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 does.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I've never taken a lesson in ...

I've never taken a lesson in my life, and I can play every instrument there is. I play by ear, but I can fool anybody into thinking I went to some conservatory of music.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

Music is nothing but a door o...

Music is nothing but a door opener to meet families and their children and the elderly.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I'll never die. I'll just exp...

I'll never die. I'll just explode, right there before your eyes, onstage.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

There's a saying. If you want ...

There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I don't play pyrotechnic scale...

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

You know, music is sex. It's a...

You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I'm a perfectionist. I'm not g...

I'm a perfectionist. I'm not going to cheat the people.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

As a little kid I had a girlfr...

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.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

Guitar Player Magazine says Di...

Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I wanted to put a sheet in exp...

I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

You can't eat fish. It's 6,000...

You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I always wanted a guitar. I al...

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.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

Buddy Rich was one of the most...

Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I always felt people should li...

I always felt people should live with animals.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

I almost had to have my leg am...

I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

Every time I went into the stu...

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 of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me to play how I felt.

Dick Dale 62 quotes

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....