I'll sing backgrounds, but a lead singer, you know, you've got to have that mentality and personality. I'd rather be the bass guy.
So much of the time people focus on the awesome power of Led Zeppelin, the whole 'Hammer of the Gods' thing, but John Paul Jones, probably because he was a session player, he put a lot of thought into his playing. He didn't just lumber through.
You can only go with the excesses to a certain point; it wasn't always the Jack Daniels bottle. We weren't just a bunch of sloppy musicians on stage drinking; we would critique every show.
It always sucks to have to cancel a show because of illness, but unfortunately it sometimes happens.
It's an honor to be brought into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and I'm going to show up if I'm invited, you know?!
Like music, cooking and more specifically, barbecuing is one of my greatest passions and my sauce is a celebration of these simple pleasures in life. I am thrilled to have my original BBQ sauces featured on Hard Rock's menu, as both embody the true meaning of rock 'n' roll flavor.
Everyone used to call me 'Mr. Switzerland.' I'm not the kind of guy who smack talks anybody or whatever.
I always said to my wife, 'That's for sissies. Girls get facials.' The first time I tried it I said, 'Oh man, what the hell have I been missing all these years.' Let me tell you, I go in there for about an hour and a half, and the girl does my facial and also massages my neck and my arms.
My best exercise is going on stage and playing, but I stay active. I don't just sit around on my butt all day and do nothing.
In my business, you could be making money one day, and the next day you could be serving up burgers at McDonald's. So if you want to be able to stay on top of your game, you've got to keep with it.
The band changes one guy, sometimes the whole damn thing changes - look what happened when I joined Van Halen.
It wasn't until the fourth or fifth Van Halen record that people would go, 'Wow! You're singing backgrounds on those records. That's not David Lee Roth.' And I go, 'Hell, no! That's not David Lee Roth.'
It's weird because it almost takes something like Chickenfoot to make me realize why I was playing music in the first place. And that's to have fun.
When we were in the studio working stuff out, and even when we were on stage, the music was a priority.
For some reason, my voice doesn't age. I can still hit those high harmonies just like I did back in the day.
Well, everybody used to joke that I saved the first dollar that I ever made in Van Halen. I probably did somewhere.
The best part about Chickenfoot is that nobody needs the money. We've got nothing we need to prove to anybody. We wanted this to be a fun band and when we get in the studio it's just so loose, relaxed, and open.
Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete Townshend on his own - a really great drummer.
As far as people saying, 'Do you miss Van Halen?' or any of that kind of stuff, I've totally moved on.
People tend to forget you. I didn't want people to go, 'That is that guy that used to play in Van Halen. What's his name again?'
The casinos are always packed and a little more intimate... We have a lot of fun playing those and we plan to bring all the craziness that we do. And I gotta tell you, they pay really well.
You ever notice how when you get a new tattoo, it's like a magnet? People are drawn to it, everybody wants to touch it?
Black with flames, that's how I always envisioned a roadster. That was the classic hot rod. I used to draw pictures of roadsters with flames on them in school.