Some guys record an album with songs that are filler. I recorded this album like it was my last.
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.
When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.
You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation.
You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.
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.
People just loved the sound because I kept it simple.
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.
I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it.
I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw.
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 grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.
I've got holes in my guitar.