Dave Mustaine Quotes

The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.

Brother will kill brother, spilling blood across the land

I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, going from place to place not knowing what I was gonna do and ending up being homeless, there was a lot of pain and a lot of anger that was coming out through my guitar playing.

I think we were trying to get off Combat from the moment we were on Combat.

People say that being kicked out of Metallica is what drove me to be better and faster in Megadeth, but i was faster and better than Metallica when i was in Metallica

My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful ... or fun for that matter.

When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.

I wouldn't vote for Obama.

So Far,So Good........................So What?

Oh my God. I'm not Keith Richards. I'm Otis from Mayberry! A fucking drunk!

Let's put it this way: I did not get in trouble every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble, I'd been drinking.

Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.

Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.

Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat Stevens and Elton John.

God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.

We got a new song called 'Ashes in Your Mouth,' and it is NOT about a joint falling apart.

I'm not a great singer

I care about what the fans feel.

I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.

One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

I like jazz, but I could never play it. You just sit there with a guitar the size of a Chevy on your chest, wearing a stupid hat, playing the same solo for an hour.

Life can only be understood in reverse
But must be lived forwards ...
I'm losing my senses

David Gilmour can do more with one note than most other guitar players can do with the whole fretboard

What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.

Yesterday's answers has nothing to do with today's questions.

It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.

It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.

If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.

One-way ticket nowhere there's no windows on his train.
Can't see where I'm headed but I'm going there again.

If you shake my hand, better count your fingers

I need a hundred dollars and some suction

If I know I'm going crazy, I must not be insane.

Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.

No matter how beautiful a girl is, she still shits.

When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something's wrong.

If I'm gonna commit suicide, I'll go out eatin' pussy to death.

Some years later, long after he and Megadeth parted company, Jay Jones was stabbed to death with a butter knife during-rumor has it-a fight over a bolonga sandwich. That's not funny, of course. But, if you knew Jay, neither is it particularly suprising.

My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.

Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away.

Pop and metal aren't friends. Each knows exactly where the other lives and tries to keep its distance. They choose different streets, neighborhoods, zip codes.

Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it's more difficult.

I watched him, and I watched him die, and it was so painful for me, because I really loved Freddie Mercury, the way that he just truly went with his voice.

Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the womb.

I want to write something that makes it easy for young people to look right into the abyss.

I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.

I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page.