I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.
From Dick Dale
I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me.
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.
You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.
Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.
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 doing was another musician or another drummer.
I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.
My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.
I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs.
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