“The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.” — Dimebag Darrell Quote

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

I got food poisoning in Venezuela, and it sucked!

Whenever I feel my chops are slacking, I'll play some wide-stretch trilling exercises and take them up and down the neck as well as across it.

I've tried to force a solo before, but sometimes it's like, 'That thing don't really fit, man!'

You can tune your guitar funky, and something's gonna come out. There's no secret to it - either you got it, or you don't.

I mean, being a stuntwoman never occurred to me until I gave up gymnastics and started doing martial arts and met people that were stunt people. I was like, 'What? Wait. You get to fight and flip and get paid?' I was like, 'Mum, dad, check this out - I could do this stuff and get paid instead of having you guys pay for me to do it.'

I didn't always want to be a dad.

Dad was a tough cookie. He expected a lot from people when they were employed to do a job. If they don't do it properly there's not much time for pampering. He came from making films like 'Deliverance' and 'Point Blank.' He was renowned for taking on tough movies. He revels in that kind of thing and people feed off that enthusiasm.

I remember as a really young child, watching his energy on the sideline and watching him get excited, his body movement, the way he reacted. It's fun to hear other people tell stories about my dad and the things he did in games and the way he'd get upset with officials.