David Lee Roth quotes

Born
October 10, 1954, Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

Occupation
Singer, songwriter.

David Lee Roth is an American singer, songwriter. Roth is best known as the original lead singer of hard rock band Van Halen.

I’m not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
– David Lee Roth

You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He’s just famous for his sound.
– David Lee Roth

The only thing I’m allergic to is criticism.
– David Lee Roth

The world’s a stage, and I want the brightest spot.
– David Lee Roth

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.
– David Lee Roth

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.
– David Lee Roth

I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.
– David Lee Roth

I grew up on radio, not TV.
– David Lee Roth

It doesn’t get better, it doesn’t get worse, but it sure gets different!
– David Lee Roth

Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I’ll keep providing the parade.
– David Lee Roth

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.
– David Lee Roth

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

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 it’s outer space or pop, the spirit is the same.
– David Lee Roth

People ask me how far I’ve come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.
– David Lee Roth

I’ve always been very self-motivated.
– David Lee Roth

Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.
– David Lee Roth

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.
– David Lee Roth

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

I don’t get all the women that I want… I get all the women that want me.
– David Lee Roth