Dick Dale quotes - page 2

You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way. (Dick Dale)
I'll just tell you the way it is. You ask me what time it is and I'm gonna tell you how to build a clock. View quote
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You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard. View quote
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I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it. View quote
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Music is an attitude. It's a sensation to the average person, to the human being. And keep it simple, stupid. That's always been my theory. View quote
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Hendrix was the bass player for Little Richard. We were both left-handed, but we would use a right-handed guitar held upside down and backwards. He developed my slides and my riffs. In fact he used to say, and this is documented, 'I patterned my style after Dick Dale.' View quote
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They're putting cement dust into cattle feed to make the cows heavier; the FDA knows all about it. View quote
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I learned everything by ear and played all the different instruments. So then I was able to find a guitar. That was, like, in the seventh grade. And then I didn't know how to put my fingers on all the different strings, so I had to figure out how to do it upside down and backwards, and I still play that way today. View quote
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Some guys record an album with songs that are filler. I recorded this album like it was my last. (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. View quote
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I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do. View quote
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I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw. View quote
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