Dick Dale

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.

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These are some quotes by American author Dick Dale Musician, who was born on May 4, 1937.

Quotes by Dick Dale

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

Dick Dale

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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.

Dick Dale

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

Dick Dale

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