You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.
— Dick Dale
I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me.
You shouldn't even be writing this story if you haven't heard me play live. You can't write with the passion you receive until you see a Dick Dale concert.
I'll just tell you the way it is. You ask me what time it is and I'm gonna tell you how to build a clock.
I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.
I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.
I became stereotyped.
