Earthlings are confused, insecure. And some Earthlings have no heritage: that's what leads them to kill each other and rob 7-11 stores.
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.
Nothing could capture the sound of Dick Dale - he was too loud.
Every time I do an album, I say, 'That's the last one.'
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.
I make jokes because humor is the greatest healing factor that there is.
When I play, I don't cheat. I played for 490,000 in Berlin, and I'll play just as hard for 100.
I smashed my tailbone and couldn't sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out!
I'm not one of these guys who is dedicated to playing or performing - that's just one facet of my life.
I answer number one to myself, because I know myself. I answer to my fans, because they know me. My mother knows me and God knows me, and that's where it's at.
I've been called 'the father of loud.'
I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way.
I like to say, 'I hit every type of music in a show, and I play the people, not the instruments.'
Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by.
If I ever wrote a book, people would never believe it.
I've never taken a lesson in my life, and I can play every instrument there is. I play by ear, but I can fool anybody into thinking I went to some conservatory of music.
I do not play to musicians. I play to the people.
What I play now isn't surf music. It's too powerful. I used to go through paper bags; now I go through brick walls. I play hard.
I'm going to make people happy. I'm going to make them forget about their cancer. I'm going to make them forget about their diabetes.
People who have witnessed all the years of me playing, they bring their kids and say, 'I used to see this guy when I was fourteen!'
