I smashed my tailbone and couldn't sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out! Dick Dale breakclaviclegreat Change image and share on social
Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen knives, listening to the big bands on my dad's records. Gene Krupa and Harry James. Dick Dale bandbigcan Change image and share on social
I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me. Dick Dale amplifierfatherfender Change image and share on social
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 childcutleave Change image and share on social
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.' Dick Dale backwardsbasdale share on social
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 doing was another musician or another drummer. Dick Dale buddydrummerimpress Change image and share on social
I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards. Dick Dale havehorninstrument Change image and share on social
I live like in the days of Daniel Boone, hauling water by hand. I used to have two Rolls-Royces. Now I got one. It's got four flat tires; the trunk is open, and a rat lives inside it. Dick Dale boonedanielday Change image and share on social
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. Dick Dale bodycomefeel Change image and share on social
