Dimebag Darrell Quotes

Rush and guitarist Alex Lifeson are among my biggest influences.

I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.

I'm a singer-songwriter. So I play guitar, and I sing. Along the lines of, I guess you could call it, alternative rock.

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison.

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.

I'd love to have Jack White up. I think he's just a phenomenal guitar player. I'd love to see him play up close because he's got a killer voice, and he's a great lead player, too. That would be exciting to me.

I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us

I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring and some stuff for British pop music that did pretty well, but I've mainly been working on my own stuff with Duncan Sheik.

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?

I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter.

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.

I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins.

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.

When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic music. And it was only, I suppose, by the time Jethro Tull was getting underway that we did let the music begin to have a harder edge, in particular with the electric guitar being alongside the flute.

Some of the best rock riffs ever written were by Jimmy Page, and I can't really name the songs, but some of the stuff he did on his first and second records is beyond brilliant.

Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding.

Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.

I would have liked to grow up in Liverpool and become a rocker. I would have put my boots on, jeans and a leather jacket, and long hair and played the guitar.

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do.

I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!

I love Aerosmith. I love Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, anything from that era, Led Zeppelin. So my guitar style is very much like Slash or Jimmy Page. I love playing that kind of music. It's where my heart's at.