Latest David Lee Roth Quotes from Interviews

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• 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. I will draw you a tree with four branches and three leaves, and I'll spend the rest of the week drawing inside of each leaf. In terms of the grand gesture, I reserve that maximum turbo blast energy for what I do as an artist, and I sing and dance for dinner.

  David Lee Roth

  Artist, People, Tree

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• My visions and fantasies are pretty standard. The only difference is I got to do it, while most of us haven't. Beyond that, I'm a pretty standard guy. Give me a gal with a sense of humor, acidic wit, who's read a few books and has a body like a Swedish speed skater, and I'm quite content.

  David Lee Roth

  Book, Giving, Guy

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• The best time is during the struggle. The top of the mountain is usually small, freezing and lonesome. To this day I'm continually reinvesting myself in something new. I'm not afraid to start as a beginner in anything.

  David Lee Roth

  Struggle, Mountain, Something New

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• Classic Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Modern Van Halen makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign cars.

  David Lee Roth

  People, Car, Classic

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to do lyrics - well, there's a Freudian slip. That's not even a slip, that's a Freudian move: I said going to do lyrics. If you really want it to ring true, you'll live it first. Go really get your heart broken!

  David Lee Roth

  Moving, Writing, Heart

• 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.

  David Lee Roth

  Song, Men, Blue

• Of course building a kitchen makes all the symmetric sense in the world because everybody's burning calories at 120 beats a minute. You could even register it on a graph at the DJ booth. "How fast are they burning calories, sir?" "126 a minute." "Are you sure?" "Oh, I'm very sure." You can meter that out.

  David Lee Roth

  Kitchen, Burning, World

• In front of the camera and in front of the lens, there's no lawsuits, there's no agent, and there's most frequently no time limits... There's a longevity that's kind of built into it. I spend most of my time behind the scenes, and when it is time to perform, I'm genuinely delighted to do it.

  David Lee Roth

  Cameras, Lenses, Agents

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  David Lee Roth

  Creating, Cameras, Lenses

  Source: www.avclub.com

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

  David Lee Roth

  Teenager, Self, Tragedy

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  David Lee Roth

  Song, Thinking, Musician

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  David Lee Roth

  Years, The End Of The Day, Dinner

  Source: www.foxnews.com