Dimebag Darrell quotes

Dimebag Darrell was an American musician and legendary heavy metal guitarist, best known as a founding member of Pantera. His innovative guitar riffs and distinctive playing style greatly influenced the metal genre. He is remembered as one of the most talented and charismatic guitarists in modern music history. Here are 21 of his quotes:

Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down. (Dimebag Darrell)

Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.

Dimebag Darrell

We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.

Dimebag Darrell

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

Dimebag Darrell

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.

Dimebag Darrell

If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.

Dimebag Darrell

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

Dimebag Darrell

To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that.

Dimebag Darrell

I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.

Dimebag Darrell

It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.

Dimebag Darrell

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. My old man used to flip out whenever I would try to branch out and do something different. Although he didn't do it on purpose, he really held me back in the beginning. (Dimebag Darrell)

I used to skip school and paint my face with Ace Frehley Kiss make-up.

Dimebag Darrell

A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.

Dimebag Darrell

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

Dimebag Darrell

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

Dimebag Darrell

I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.

Dimebag Darrell

Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.

Dimebag Darrell

Every song is different.

Dimebag Darrell

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.

Dimebag Darrell

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.

Dimebag Darrell

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn. (Dimebag Darrell)

Dimebag Darrell

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: August 20, 1966
Died: December 8, 2004
Quotes count: 21

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