David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality. In 2007, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Roth is best known as the originaland currentlead singer of the Pasadena, California-based hard rock band Van Halen. He is also known as a successful solo artist, releasing numerous RIAA-certified Gold and Platinum records. After more than two decades apart, Roth re-joined Van Halen in 2006 for a North American tour that...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 October 1955
CountryUnited States of America
You want to know if we're animals? When I'm on stage with the volume rippling my body like a glass of water and thousands of people are generating heat in my direction, there's no time for thought. My basement facilities take over completely. Sure it's animal. People might like to talk about art, but look where art is, in the gutter.
Audience participation should extend from on-stage to backstage to under the stage
My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general.
You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems.
I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business.
You gotta learn the alphabet, backwards and forwards. And then the choice is yours, 'cause last I looked, the Bible is written in the same words, the exact same alphabet, as my favorite pornography. Choice is yours.
Let's play with the career, if we can't find anything else to do
The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.
I live and breathe and do four times as much four times as fast as anyone else.
I used to have a drug problem, but now I have enough money.
I can teach you to jump up in five seconds-it takes years to learn how to land properly.
It dont matter WHAT your doin, ust as long as you LOOK GOOD doin it
For the last 30 years, I've been leading a life of crime and international intrigue that's involved 40 stamps in my passport, love affairs, and broken hearts to go with each one of them. You would have to live three lifetimes to catch up with just the allegations that follow me!
I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged.