American - Musician | May 4, 1937 -
I don't live with the 'right' people. I don't want to. I don't want to live with the rich in Beverly Hills or walk the streets of Hollywood. I want to go to K-mart and get good deals.
Dick Dale
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Music is nothing but a door opener to meet families and their children and the elderly.
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Dick Dale don't surf no more.
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I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.
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Kids don't see me as an oldies person when I go out on stage. They see me as an energy force.
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Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.
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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.
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I became stereotyped.
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I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.
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I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me.
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I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.
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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.
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