Dick Dale Quotes

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Dick Dale

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 4, 1937

I used to surf up in Ventura County at Silver Strand; plus, I've played up there many times.

Dick Dale

For 20 years I've been screaming at these guitar companies, saying, 'It's abnormal to put your arm around an acoustic guitar that is about 6 to 8 inches deep.' Your arm reaches over, and you start to strum, and then all of a sudden you get a charley horse in your back. The older you get, the greater the charley horse.

Dick Dale

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

The Musicians Hall of Fame is chosen by thousands of your peers. So it's the real thing.

Dick Dale

Little Richard, he'd say, 'Oh Dick Dale! You have luscious lips!'

Dick Dale