David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.

David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.

David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind the door. I'm a real study in contrast, I expect, looking from without. But it adds up to what you get on stage.

David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.

David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

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.

David Lee Roth
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
David Lee Roth

When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio.

David Lee Roth
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
David Lee Roth

I grew up on radio, not TV.

David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

I've always been very self-motivated.

David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

Radio as we know it is pretty much changing completely.