Dick Dale Quotes & Sayings

107 most famous Dick Dale quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 87 year old American musician born on May 4, 1937.

“Every song is like a painting.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.”

“I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do.”

“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.”

“My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.”