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
I can teach you to jump up in five seconds-it takes years to learn how to land properly.
The only people who put iced tea in Jack Daniel's bottles is the Clash baby!!
If you subtracted all of the great artists who never drank, who never went to excess, you wouldn't have any more art left. What kind of poem are you gonna get out of a glass of iced tea?
It doesn't get better, it doesn't get worse, but it sure gets different!
I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.
I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.
The travels before and after the tour are what add up to what you're doing. You are really called into service - and it's the service industry man, it's blue collar man, I'm sweating by the second song. It's construction work from that second song on.
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.
Self-tragedy is always a great way to dramatize yourself - ask any teenager.
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'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. When I finally do pop in front of the lens, I'm genuinely glad and relieved to be there.
A song without a hook is like a train without rails. It skitters all over the place, bangs into everything. Boom! Crash! There goes Grand Central Station. Crushed by a train.
The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.
Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.