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
Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.
You can really bring so much more to rock'n'roll. Rock'n'roll is the most accepting, is the most fertile ground for creating hybrid forms of music and hybrid forms of show, if you draw from many, many different wells. It's just unfortunate so many rock'n'roll stars only bother to learn how to play like Led Zeppelin and/or the Rolling Stones and that's what you get, disc after disc and show after show.
Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.
The most important part of any rock song is the guitar solo.
You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems.
Being a rock star is being a rock star, I don't need to go into the details. What would you do if you were a rock star?
A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.
You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.
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.