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" I actually first picked up an ukulele before I picked up a guitar. "
Dick Dale
First
Guitar
Ukulele
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" Hendrix was the bass player for Little Richard. We were both left-handed, but we would use a right-handed guitar held upside down and backwards. He developed my slides and my riffs. In fact he used to say, and this is documented, 'I patterned my style after Dick Dale.' "
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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've been performing since 1955. I'm going to have to keep performing till I die because I'm not going to die in some rocking chair with a big ol' beer belly. "
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" The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown. "
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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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" Little Richard, he'd say, 'Oh Dick Dale! You have luscious lips!' "
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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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" That's what my music does for me. It makes people happy. When I play, I thank the Lord I've never seen someone walk away from a Dick Dale dance not having a good time. That's what it's all about. "
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" Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound. "
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" 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. "
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" They're putting cement dust into cattle feed to make the cows heavier; the FDA knows all about it. "
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Make
Knows
" Every song is like a painting. "
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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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Cause
Supposed
" My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk. "
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Playing
" Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with all kinds of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me to play how I felt. "
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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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Music
My Soul
" I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me. "
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Soul
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" I make jokes because humor is the greatest healing factor that there is. "
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Because
Greatest
" I became stereotyped. "
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" Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by. "
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Live
You
Advice
" 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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Love
Pet
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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 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. "
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