VAN HALEN GETS EVEN WITH EVERYONE
David Lee Roth: It becomes more fun with each season. Each tour that we make, each record that we make—we know how to do it. You know? There’s always little fears in the back of your head about. "Oh what are they gonna think about this," or "What’s somebody gonna think about that?"
VAN HALEN GETS EVEN WITH EVERYONE
J. Kordosh
David Lee Roth: It becomes more fun with each season. Each tour that we make, each record that we make—we know how to do it. You know? There’s always little fears in the back of your head about. "Oh what are they gonna think about this," or "What’s somebody gonna think about that?"
Myself; You guys think that?
David Lee Roth; Well, you know—you get a little twinge when you make a record sometimes. But now—who cares?!!
—from an actual conversation, July 4, 1981
I walked into the backstage of Cobo Arena at about six o’clock—fans were already forming glimpse-crazed groups behind the inevitable barrier—and the first thing I saw was this crazy 12-foot plaster statue of a Greek god or something. “Now what the fuck is this thing doing here?" I pondered.
"What do you think of it?” asked David Lee Roth, as VH’s manager passed out howdys between me and Roth and Alex Van Halen. Somewhat confused by Roth’s smiling familiarity I said I liked it just fine.