Dimebag Darrell Quotes

American - Musician August 20, 1966 - December 8, 2004

Initially, I just used the guitar as a prop. I'd pose with it in front of a mirror in my Kiss makeup when I was skipping school. Then I figured out how to play the main riff to Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' on just the E string. Next, my old man showed me how to play barre chords, and that's when things started getting really heavy. Dimebag Darrell

Makeup, Play, Next

Jamming with other people will create energy and excitement that you can feed off, and which will help push you to do things you'd never dream of doing by yourself. Dimebag Darrell

Which, Other, Doing

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

Chill, Correct, Will

With the right outlook, you can learn to entertain yourself and entertain each other so you can enjoy doing what you're doing. There's obviously gonna be highs and lows, and the trick to it is to be able to maintain composure and stay high even when you're in the lows. That way, when you hit the highs ,it'll be twice as killer. Dimebag Darrell

Entertain, Other, Doing

I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing. Dimebag Darrell

Love, Other, Jamming

Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you. Dimebag Darrell

Always, CDs, Collection

When you're a little kid, you have nerve. I'd walk right up to whoever was recording and say, 'Hey, dude, what's the lick of the week?' Dimebag Darrell

Week, Kid, Recording

Learn licks and songs from records. Dimebag Darrell

Learn, Records, Songs

To me, a sure-fire way to get in a rut is by sitting around playing by yourself for too long. You've gotta get out there and jam, man! You don't have to necessarily be in a band, all you've gotta have are a couple of buds who play too. They don't have to be guitarists either; jamming with a bassist or a drummer is cool. Dimebag Darrell

Play, Couple, Buds

When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than hell. Dimebag Darrell

Play, Like, Idiot

Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things. Dimebag Darrell

New, New Things, Soul

The harder stuff has always done it for me. Man, if it rips, I'll give it a thumbs up! Dimebag Darrell

Always, Give, Me

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

Listening, Records, Learn

If you wanna get out of a rut bad enough, it'll always happen. It's up to you, though. No one else is ever gonna do it for you. Dimebag Darrell

Bad, Always, Happen

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

Studio, Fathers, Recording

I'm not gonna say it's all done, 'cause it ain't ever all done. Dimebag Darrell

Ever, Gonna, Cause

I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration. Dimebag Darrell

Mostly, Sabbath, Like

Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even when I'm taking a crap! Dimebag Darrell

Feels, Hands, Nothing

Towards the end with Pantera - although I was never unhappy with the music we were making - it became one-dimensional, and we wanted to open things back up. Dimebag Darrell

Became, Making, Back

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

Still, Kind, Lifetime

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

Play, Screwed, Some

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

School, Face, Ace

My first killer amp was a Sunn Beta Lead. It was solid-state, but that Sunn was incredibly loud. I used to say to my friends, 'Hey, check it out. It's only on two.' Dimebag Darrell

Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest. Dimebag Darrell

Grunge, Chains, Were

I'm still the same cat I always was. Dimebag Darrell

Always, Still, Same

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

Living, Song, Fact

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