Top 107 Quotes by Dick Dale

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.

I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way.

You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation.

I used to surf up in Ventura County at Silver Strand; plus, I've played up there many times.

When my guitar was growling, playing surf beat, you could hear it; you could feel it.

If you ask me what I'd rather be doing, well, I'd rather be home in California, watching TV, polishing my tools and working around the ranch.

When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, 'Dick, cut it out, man! You're moving around too much on this stage. You're making us look bad!'

Nothing could capture the sound of Dick Dale - he was too loud.

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.

I always felt people should live with animals.