107 Quotes by Dimebag Darrell

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Every song is different.

I’m not saying I wouldn’t play a seven-string. It’s just that I’ve never needed one. Most dudes who play seven-strings don’t sound any different than someone playing a six-string that’s tuned down.

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.