David Lee Quotes

You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real.

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

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

Music videos are like girlfriends. I'm constantly amazed on what other people doing

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.

I live and breathe and do four times as much four times as fast as anyone else.

Being a rock star is being a rock star, I don't need to go into the details. What would you do if you were a rock star?

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

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

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.

You have to be deviant if you're going to do anything new.

A lot of bands mature, which means they get square; they start delivering messages. Hey, you got a message, use Western Union.

I grew up on radio, not TV.

My art has nothing to do with servicing collectors, it's for living, for turning on with.

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.

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.

On parties it's not about who you are. The real reason to which a party revolves is how good you look.

Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.

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

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!

I've always been very self-motivated.

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.

Let's play with the career, if we can't find anything else to do

Radio as we know it is pretty much changing completely.

Self-tragedy is always a great way to dramatize yourself - ask any teenager.

I change as the times change. I'm a reflection of what's around me without trying at all.

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

I had heard about Cheers, of course, but I never watched it. So I watched two episodes, and I was like, "Oh my God. This is really good."

Hey, don't stick that tongue out, unless you're gonna use it.

That's the best way to audition for anything: When your back-up plan is your dream, you know?

Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.

I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.

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