Whether I'm on for a day or whether I'm on for a year, at the end of the day, I sing for… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Classic Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Modern Van Halen makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Somebody asked me the question not too long ago: 'Dave, do you think the music business has turned corrupt.' I said: 'Absolutely… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
A song without a hook is like a train without rails. It skitters all over the place, bangs into everything. Boom! Crash!… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
You can really bring so much more to rock'n'roll. Rock'n'roll is the most accepting, is the most fertile ground for creating hybrid… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
The travels before and after the tour are what add up to what you're doing. You are really called into service -… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Nine times out of 10 when people do a tribute album or tribute songs for somebody, it's what I call 'white boys… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello — David Lee Roth Copy Share
Many of the critics have kids of their own. It scares the hell out of them to think that their kids could be anything… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
I'm gonna abandon my spirit to them, which is actually what I attempt to do. You work yourself up into that state and you… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records. — David Lee Roth Copy Share
Somebody asked me the question not too long ago: 'Dave, do you think the music business has turned corrupt.' I said: 'Absolutely not -… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
“Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.” — David Lee Roth Copy Share
I am a one-trick pony. If you tell most people to draw a picture of a tree, they'd draw 35 branches and 10,000 leaves.… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
If you want to split a bottle with a friend, then Sammy Hagar is your guy. If you want to split your friend with… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
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...… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it. — David Lee Roth Copy Share
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… — David Lee Roth Copy Share
Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. — David Lee Roth Copy Share