Song Quotes by David Lee Roth

17 Song quotes by David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth’s swagger comes through in seventeen short statements about song. Expect a blend of bold confidence and playful bragging, delivering a quick pulse of his larger‑than‑life attitude toward music.

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

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

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Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.

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Whether I'm on for a day or whether I'm on for a year, at the end of the day, I sing for…

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

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You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems.

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

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My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general.

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A song without a hook is like a train without rails. It skitters all over the place, bangs into everything. Boom! Crash!…

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Somebody asked me the question not too long ago: 'Dave, do you think the music business has turned corrupt.' I said: 'Absolutely…

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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…

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I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I…

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

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The travels before and after the tour are what add up to what you're doing. You are really called into service -…

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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…

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Nine times out of 10 when people do a tribute album or tribute songs for somebody, it's what I call 'white boys…

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Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to…

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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…

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“Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.”

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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.…

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If you want to split a bottle with a friend, then Sammy Hagar is your guy. If you want to split your friend with…

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An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance

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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...…

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