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43 quotes by Dick Dale

Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937) is an American surf rock guitarist, known as The King of the Surf Guitar. He pioneered the surf music style, drawing on Eastern musical scales and experimenting with reverberation. He worked closely with Fender to produce custom made amplifiers, including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier. He pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment...
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Every song is like a painting.

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

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

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

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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 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... →

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

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Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was... →

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I've got holes in my guitar.

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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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I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection.

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