“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.” PeopleKnowsPlaySongFunWhiteBoysAlbumsNineAccentsTributeReggaeIdiom Author:David Lee Roth
“When you can spell subpoena without thinking about it, that's when you know you've made it.” ThinkingKnowsMadeMade ItSpellsSubpoenas Author:David Lee Roth
“There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.” KnowsNeedsKindDifferentYoungAsksGivenAdviceMusicianLettersInstrumentsDifferent KindsAlphabetDifferent Kinds Of MusicLetters Of The Alphabet Author:David Lee Roth
“I know that people think I'm a party king; but, face it, if I finished the bottle every time I took a drink, I wouldn't be able to do the aerials I do onstage.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsAbleFacesPartyKingsDrinkFinishedBottles Author: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.” KnowsWantRealBehindsStudyDoorsStageAddCongressChineseRestaurantsContrastYour Favorite Author:David Lee Roth
“Ya know, 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.” KnowsMenVisionRaysCommonplaceMcdonaldsHamburgersFries Author:David Lee Roth
“You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems.” KnowsProblemSexRocksMusicianWeightHungHippieNeuroticRock MusicRock Musicians Author:David Lee Roth
“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.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLooksArtBodyMightWaterAnimalStageArt IsGlassesHeatVolumeFacilityBasementsGutters Author:David Lee Roth
