Dick Dale

I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw.

I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.

I like to say, 'I hit every type of music in a show, and I play the people, not the instruments.'

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.