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
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
You shouldn’t even be writing this story if you haven’t heard me play live. You can’t write with the passion you receive until you see a Dick Dale concert. – Dick Dale
People who have witnessed all the years of me playing, they bring their kids and say, ‘I used to see this guy when I was fourteen!’ – Dick Dale
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
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. – Dick Dale
I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn’t do it. – Dick Dale
I’m going to make people happy. I’m going to make them forget about their cancer. I’m going to make them forget about their diabetes. – Dick Dale
I’ve never followed a list in my life, and that’s probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body. – Dick Dale
There’s a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around. – Dick Dale
I smashed my tailbone and couldn’t sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out! – Dick Dale
