For 20 years I’ve been screaming at these guitar companies, saying, ‘It’s abnormal to put your arm around an acoustic guitar that is about 6 to 8 inches deep.’ Your arm reaches over, and you start to strum, and then all of a sudden you get a charley horse in your back. The older you get, the greater the charley horse. Dick Dale Read Quote
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 Read Quote
People ask about love. Real love. I was never in love; the people around me didn’t love me. They were just along for the ride. Dick Dale Read Quote
When I play, I don’t cheat. I played for 490,000 in Berlin, and I’ll play just as hard for 100. Dick Dale Read Quote