David Lee Roth is one of rock’s greatest frontman and, overall, one of music’s most unique characters.

When he’s on stage, he’s the ultimate showman. When he’s off stage and talking with the press, he walks a line between brilliant and insane. One minute, he takes off on a stream of consciousness that convinces you he’s not all there. Then he’ll throw out a surprising one-liner that’ll make you think, “Holy s—…Diamond Dave’s has been smarter than all of us this whole time.”

In honor of years of zaniness, let’s wish a happy birthday to the one, the only David Lee Roth by looking back at these ten quotes attributed to him.

• On excessive pride…

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  "I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault, and I have no faults."

• On the importance of appearance…

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  "If all the world's a stage, I want better lighting!"

• On making a lasting impression…

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  "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how good you looked doing it!"

• On the critics…

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  "The reason the critics all like Elvis Costello better than me is because they all look like Elvis Costello."

• On how music and love share similarities…

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  "Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make."

• On fitness…

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  "I used to jog, but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass"

• On money and happiness…

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  "Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."

• On life’s greatest challenges…

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  "I think the two most difficult things to deal with in life are failure and success."

• On vices…

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  "We've all got our self-destructive bad habits. The trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all the time."

• On sex…

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  "It's not who wants to sleep with you; It's who wants to sleep with you again."

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