Quotes by David Lee Roth

“Money cant buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.”

“I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.”

“Music is like girlfriends to me; Im continually astonished by the choices other people make.”

“The worlds a stage, and I want the brightest spot.”

“He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.”

“The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.”

“It doesnt get better, it doesnt get worse, but it sure gets different!”

“You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention, and sometime, maybe somebody, will throw a rock at you. Thats the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.”

“People ask me how far Ive come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.”

“Its all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as hes perfect.”

“I dont have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman whod be mad at me for saying that.”

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

“The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train.”

“I AM NOT THIS WAY, THE WAY I AM, BECAUSE IM IN A BAND. IM IN A BAND BECAUSE IM THIS WAY.”

“When you get something like MTV, its like regular television. You get it, and at first its 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.”

“They want me to copy Howard [Stern]. But I refuse to regiment this show. ... I told them I would quit if they will not let me do what I was hired to do, which is create something unique.”

“Howard took his old audience. Were after a new one.”

“Im going to give it a try. Ive invested too much in this show not to.”

“I didnt know what I was doing. I asked for rehearsal, and they didnt give it to me.”

“I was booted, tossed, and its going to cost somebody.”