Quotes By Dick Dale

I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs.

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.

You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.

I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do.

I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection.