147 Quotes by David Lee Roth

I just wanted to be in show biz. I wanted to make music and sing and dance, tell jokes and stories, make ya smile, make ya cry - and charge you $ 8.50

Nine times out of 10 when people do a tribute album or tribute songs for somebody, it's what I call 'white boys playing reggae'. They know they can't, we know they can't, so they sing like they can't and play like they can't. They gently make fun of the idiom or sing in a false accent.

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.

Give me a glazed doughnut, and a bottle of anything... to go!

I grew up on radio, not TV.

I've always been very self-motivated.

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

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

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