Dick Dale Quotes

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Dick Dale

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 4, 1937

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.

Dick Dale

Nothing could capture the sound of Dick Dale - he was too loud.

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Every time I do an album, I say, 'That's the last one.'

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People ask about love. Real love. I was never in love; the people around me didn't love me. They were just along for the ride.

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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.

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I make jokes because humor is the greatest healing factor that there is.

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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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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!

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I don't like to use the word 'fans;' I call them 'Dick Dale music lovers.'

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With every problem comes a gift in hand.

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I'm not one of these guys who is dedicated to playing or performing - that's just one facet of my life.

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I answer number one to myself, because I know myself. I answer to my fans, because they know me. My mother knows me and God knows me, and that's where it's at.

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When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

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I've been called 'the father of loud.'

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If you ask me what I'd rather be doing, well, I'd rather be home in California, watching TV, polishing my tools and working around the ranch.

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

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I like to say, 'I hit every type of music in a show, and I play the people, not the instruments.'

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I enjoy living like a hermit, but I cannot live like a hermit.

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

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My father never put me on his lap and said he loved me.

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