David Lee Roth Quotes

I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business.

Women are great. When they dig you, there's nothing they won't do. That kind of loyalty is hard to find - unless you've got a good dog.

Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.

In front of the camera and in front of the lens, there's no lawsuits, there's no agent, and there's most frequently no time limits... There's a longevity that's kind of built into it. I spend most of my time behind the scenes, and when it is time to perform, I'm genuinely delighted to do it.

They make this drink in Brazil Called cachaca. It's sugar can alcholho. Costs 35 cents a quart. One quart of that stuff and you see God. Two quarts and you graow a pair of tight pants and an electric guitar.

I'm a natural behind the camera... My attentions are more toward behind the scenes, more toward creating, producing, and directing what's going on here... When I finally do pop in front of the lens, I'm genuinely glad and relieved to be there.

I'm a family man. I personally started 3 or 4 families last year.

The travels before and after the tour are what add up to what you're doing. You are really called into service - and it's the service industry man, it's blue collar man, I'm sweating by the second song. It's construction work from that second song on.

I'm a family oriented guy; I've personally started four or five this year.

A song without a hook is like a train without rails. It skitters all over the place, bangs into everything. Boom! Crash! There goes Grand Central Station. Crushed by a train.

What's missing is the testosterone. What's missing is the fury. What's missing is the passionate convicted commitment. And I got a lot of mine from my religious background. So y'all best stop imagining the way Dr. Zorba looked, or some defenseless Hasidic Jew with a little yarmulke on his head, 'cause that ain't here for you.

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.

Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.

People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.

Give me a glazed doughnut, and a bottle of anything... to go!

Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.

I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I want to be part of everything.

Many of the critics have kids of their own. It scares the hell out of them to think that their kids could be anything remotely like David Lee Roth.

The only people who put iced tea in Jack Daniel's bottles is the Clash baby!

The best time is during the struggle. The top of the mountain is usually small, freezing and lonesome. To this day I'm continually reinvesting myself in something new. I'm not afraid to start as a beginner in anything.

Nobody's going to get a hot dog at my concert!

Ya know, I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.

Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.

We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all the time.

An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance

Audience participation should extend from on-stage to backstage to under the stage

People say that life is a cesspool of darkness and dispair. Well we of Van Halen are sailing through it in a yacht!

The Breakfast of Champions isn't cereal, it's the competition!

In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing.

It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.

I grew up on radio, not TV.

The most important part of any rock song is the guitar solo.

I've always been very self-motivated.

I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.

Classic Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Modern Van Halen makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign cars.

I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!

You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.

I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle.

If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.