Dick Dale Quotes

Country music is about new love and it's about old love.

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.

I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.

There's a longing in country music that can soften even the rockiest heart.

My mom died when I was 11 years old.

My family, my fans and yes, romance is always there in one way or another. Life is full of these emotions and I have always found pleasure in incorporating them into my music.

I lost both my parents young - but I have felt their presence throughout my life.

My songs always speak of love, that's the way I like them.

I sing a lot about love.

I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness.

Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.

I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.

My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.

People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.

My mom died when I was 8.

I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

My favorite songs to sing have always been songs about regret. I don't know why that is, but to me, that's country music.

As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making them, seeing them - is not something that could ever lose its pleasure for me. That puts them on a short list of things that eternally give me joy - love, family, food, movies.

I love kids. I always have. I was an only child until I was 12, and then my sister arrived.

I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.

My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!

I was the little kid growing up. I wasn't picked on because, honestly, I was fast, so I could run away from the bullies.

'Cinderella' touches on loss, and there was definitely a strong sense of grief in my life.

Love and pain become one in the same in the eyes of a wounded child.

I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.