Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier..

I've got holes in my guitar..

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 used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head..

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

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

I'll never die. I'll just explode, right there before your eyes, onstage..

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….

I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me..

I'm a perfectionist. I'm not going to cheat the people..

There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around..

Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is..

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

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul..

I always felt people should live with animals..

Music is an attitude. It's a sensation to the average person, to the human being. And keep it simple, stupid. That's always been my theory..

As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing these songs, and that's what it's all about. Country….

Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with all kinds of tricks. But they lim….

I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys..

Every song is like a painting..

The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown..