Dimebag Darrell

Musician

1966-08-20

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Quotes by Dimebag Darrell

I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.'
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I always go for that live, honest feel when I'm going for that first rhythm track. I'll never hold back on a part just so it'll be easier for me to double it later on - to my ears, it sounds sterile if you do that. I always want to get that initial track kicking and full of slurs, squeals and feel. I'll worry about doubling it later!
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Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart.
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The harder stuff has always done it for me. Man, if it rips, I'll give it a thumbs up!
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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.
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I'm not going for a soft sound. I ain't lookin' for a warm sound. My sound is warm, but I don't need tubes to do it. The Randall RG-100 is the best amp for what I do.
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My whammy system is set up so I can yank the bar up as well as do dive-bombs with it. This means that if I accidentally push down on the bridge with my palm, my strings go sharp and sound out of tune. I make sure this never happens by never resting my hand on the bridge when muting. I always do my muting just in front of the bridge.
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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.
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Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.
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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.
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I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
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I got food poisoning in Venezuela, and it sucked!
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To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'
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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.
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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.
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A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.
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I really respect Zakk Wylde's guitar playing and his compulsive work ethic.
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People that love this form of music have loved it from way back - Sabbath, Zeppelin, the early days.
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