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

Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen knives, listening to the big bands on my dad's records. Gene Krupa and Harry James.

From Dick Dale

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.

From Dick Dale

I actually first picked up an ukulele before I picked up a guitar.

From Dick Dale

Every song is like a painting.

From Dick Dale

I've been performing since 1955. I'm going to have to keep performing till I die because I'm not going to die in some rocking chair with a big ol' beer belly.

From Dick Dale

I learned everything by ear and played all the different instruments. So then I was able to find a guitar. That was, like, in the seventh grade. And then I didn't know how to put my fingers on all the different strings, so I had to figure out how to do it upside down and backwards, and I still play that way today.

From Dick Dale

The Stratocaster is like the Rolls-Royce. It can never be surpassed.

From Dick Dale

I became stereotyped.

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