Dave Mustaine Quotations

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

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

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.

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.

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

If I were president of the United States, I'd build a great wall along the Mexican border and not let anybody in.

No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

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

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

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.

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

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.

I've never believed in singing about Satan and thinking he's cool, because he's not.

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

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

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 care about what the fans feel.

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.

Brother will kill brother, spilling blood across the land

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.

I went there anyway-knowingly, willingly-because I wanted a number one hit. I wanted what Metallica had, even if it meant selling a piece of my soul to the devil.

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.

Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my guitars and amps!

Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense

I care more about what God knows than what man says.

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

Brother will kill brother, spill blood across the land. Killing for religion, something I don't understand. Fools like me who cross the sea and come to foreign lands, ask the sheep for their beliefs; 'Do you kill on God's command?'

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

To me, the most important thing was to treat people the way you want to be treated. Some people say that I'm a mean person. Well, you know what? The person that's saying that is probably a dipshit and I put them in their place! I have a knack for doing that.

When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.

Ask the sheep for their beliefs... Do you kill on God's command?

Buckethead [former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist] is probably twice as good a guitar player as me and Slash combined, and can stand having fried chicken rubbed up against his face all night for a couple of hours.

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

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

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

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

I'm not a great singer

Clearly see you can't see Clear

If you shake my hand, better count your fingers

Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?

What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

I could do Rust In Peace again, but I don't want to. I could have followed that formula but, God, why? I would have to have done so much heroin and cocaine - and I wasn't going to. Not if I'm paying for it!

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.

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

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.

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

Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.

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

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

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

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

Yesterday evening I received a call that a person had located a body and the investigators from SDSD Homicide Division described our beloved mother, Sally Estabrook. Thank you all for your prayers, your good thoughts, and positive vibes.

I don't want to be disrespectful to the partners I had, ... They're all very talented, and they've all had a hand in my success. ... Some of them I don't like, and some of them don't like me, but I respect them all.

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.

Alice asked me to his bus one time to sit me down and talk about how out of control I was during So Far, So What, and I kind of didn't want to hear it. I was like, 'but, but, but, I want to drink and I want to smoke. It's the rock 'n' roll dream. What are you talking about?' I appreciate it now. He just didn't want me to make the same mistakes he did.

There's always that oil and water thing going on, ... You don't know if people are going to congeal. Fortunately it's been great.

There's such friendship with us, ... We get along famously. It doesn't seem real. I'm sure there's been a point in my life that I've been happier, but it probably involved drugs or women ... I feel like a stupid kid who's just had his first orgasm. I love playing with my band guys.

I do have a feeling about bands that cannot get it on, ... When I was a kid, I had guitar heroes: Jimmy Page, Michael Schenker, Angus Young. Hot players. You can't name one guitar player in any of the new bands that is a virtuoso.