--- title: "10 Want Quotes By David Lee Roth" description: "10 Want quotes by David Lee Roth. Plus more from David Lee Roth and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/david-lee-roth-6560_want_i-don-t-get-all-the-women-that-i-want-i_1290967.jpg" --- > [I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/i-don-t-get-all-the-women-that-i-want-i-get-all-the-women-that-want-me/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/david-lee-roth-6560_want_i-don-t-get-all-the-women-that-i-want-i_1290967.jpg) > [The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/the-world-s-a-stage-and-i-want-the-brightest-spot/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/david-lee-roth-6560_spots_the-world-s-a-stage-and-i-want-the-brigh_2279953.jpg) > [It's not who wants to sleep with you; It's who wants to sleep with you again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/it-s-not-who-wants-to-sleep-with-you-it-s-who-wants-to-sleep-with-you/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/david-lee-roth-6560_inspirational_it-s-not-who-wants-to-sleep-with-you-it_655400.jpg) > [The perfect woman has an IQ of 150, wants to make love until 4 in the morning, then turns into a pizza!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/the-perfect-woman-has-an-iq-of-150-wants-to-make-love-until-4-in-the/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/david-lee-roth-6560_love_the-perfect-woman-has-an-iq-of-150-wants_2309320.jpg) > [I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/i-think-very-frequently-musicians-become-a-victim-of-every-song-they/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/david-lee-roth-6560_aggressive_i-think-very-frequently-musicians-become_1969847.jpg) > [If you want to split a bottle with a friend, then Sammy Hagar is your guy. If you want to split your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/if-you-want-to-split-a-bottle-with-a-friend-then-sammy-hagar-is-your/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/david-lee-roth-6560_bottles_if-you-want-to-split-a-bottle-with-a-fri_258023.jpg) > [You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/you-want-a-hero-in-the-music-world-james-brown-he-brought-a-feeling/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/david-lee-roth-6560_brown_you-want-a-hero-in-the-music-world-james_1040051.jpg) > [Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/well-a-good-writer-writes-a-good-musician-listens-to-a-lot-more-than/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/david-lee-roth-6560_broken_well-a-good-writer-writes-a-good-musicia_1095116.jpg) > [Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/maybe-i-m-like-acts-of-congress-or-your-favorite-chinese-restaurant/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/david-lee-roth-6560_add_maybe-i-m-like-acts-of-congress-or-your_2808883.jpg) > [You want to know if we're animals? When I'm on stage with the volume rippling my body like a glass of water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/you-want-to-know-if-we-re-animals-when-i-m-on-stage-with-the-volume/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/david-lee-roth-6560_animal_you-want-to-know-if-we-re-animals-when-i_1705521.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by David Lee Roth > [Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-and-hate-me-because-they-look/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [Many of the critics have kids of their own. It scares the hell out of them to think that their kids could be anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/many-of-the-critics-have-kids-of-their-own-it-scares-the-hell-out-of/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/i-m-gonna-abandon-my-spirit-to-them-which-is-actually-what-i-attempt/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/if-you-put-a-van-halen-album-in-your-record-collection-it-will-melt/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [Somebody asked me the question not too long ago: 'Dave, do you think the music business has turned corrupt.' I said: 'Absolutely not -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/somebody-asked-me-the-question-not-too-long-ago-dave-do-you-think-the/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [“Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/money-can-t-buy-happiness-but-it-can-buy-a-huge-yacht-that-sails/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/i-am-a-one-trick-pony-if-you-tell-most-people-to-draw-a-picture-of-a/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [If you want to split a bottle with a friend, then Sammy Hagar is your guy. If you want to split your friend with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/if-you-want-to-split-a-bottle-with-a-friend-then-sammy-hagar-is-your/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/an-ounce-of-image-is-worth-a-pound-of-performance/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [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...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/i-m-a-natural-behind-the-camera-my-attentions-are-more-toward-behind/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-outrage-to-public-decency-and-a-threat-to/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/stick-your-head-above-the-crowd-and-eventually-somebody-will-throw-a/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/we-ve-all-got-out-self-destructive-bad-habits-the-trick-is-to-find/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [Give me a glazed doughnut, and a bottle of anything... to go!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/give-me-a-glazed-doughnut-and-a-bottle-of-anything-to-go/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) > [Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/music-is-like-girlfriends-to-me-i-m-continually-astonished-by-the/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-lee-roth/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By David Lee Roth", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't get all the women that I want... 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