As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.

More Quotes by Dick Dale

Every song is like a painting.

You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.

Surfers were the ones who named all my songs. They'd yell out the names, and we just kept 'em.

They're putting cement dust into cattle feed to make the cows heavier; the FDA knows all about it.