American - Musician | May 4, 1937 -
I'd rather be a Jack-of-all-trades than master of one. If I became an icon, where my whole life was music, I would probably have become a vegetable. I wouldn't be able to have all these talents I have today and be an interesting 'character.'
Dick Dale
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I've never taken a lesson in my life, and I can play every instrument there is. I play by ear, but I can fool anybody into thinking I went to some conservatory of music.
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I do not play to musicians. I play to the people.
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What I play now isn't surf music. It's too powerful. I used to go through paper bags; now I go through brick walls. I play hard.
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When my guitar was growling, playing surf beat, you could hear it; you could feel it.
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I'm going to make people happy. I'm going to make them forget about their cancer. I'm going to make them forget about their diabetes.
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What we perceive things to be when they come out of our mouth is not what the listener perceives it to be. They think it differently. They're not your blood. They're not your mind. You get in an argument.
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My philosophy is that on a scale of 1 to 10, I will go to 15. No matter what!
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I try to read the audience, see what they're in the mood for.
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As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.
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Springsteen - he's the Lord God.
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People who have witnessed all the years of me playing, they bring their kids and say, 'I used to see this guy when I was fourteen!'
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