It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.

- Dimebag Darrell

If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.

- Dimebag Darrell

Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.

- Dimebag Darrell

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

- Dimebag Darrell

I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back to back on Cemetery Gates ... the next morning…

- Dimebag Darrell

To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very consci…

- Dimebag Darrell

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.

- Dimebag Darrell

I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.

- Dimebag Darrell

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.

- Dimebag Darrell