David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
“It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.”
“A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.”