Dave Mustaine
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.Collection: Anger
Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.Collection: Moving
I've never believed in singing about Satan and thinking he's cool, because he's not.Collection: Cool
I am interested in politics.Collection: Politics
If I were president of the United States, I'd build a great wall along the Mexican border and not let anybody in.Collection: Great
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.Collection: Food
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.
What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.
I care about what the fans feel.
Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away.
I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.
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.
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 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 doesn't sound anything like Metallica.
I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.
I wouldn't vote for Obama.
Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.
No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.
The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
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.
I think we were trying to get off Combat from the moment we were on Combat.
I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page.
The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.
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.
My guitar was a loyal person to me.
One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something's wrong.
Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.
Yesterday's answers has nothing to do with today's questions.Collection: Yesterday
No matter how beautiful a girl is, she still shits.Collection: Beautiful
Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it’s more difficult.Collection: Sex
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 MetallicaCollection: People
If I'm gonna commit suicide, I'll go out eatin' pussy to death.Collection: Suicide
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.Collection: Mean
If I know I'm going crazy, I must not be insane.Collection: Crazy
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.Collection: Mother
I care more about what God knows than what man says.Collection: Men
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.Collection: Distance
I want to write something that makes it easy for young people to look right into the abyss.Collection: Writing
David Gilmour can do more with one note than most other guitar players can do with the whole fretboardCollection: Player
God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.Collection: Fishing
If you shake my hand, better count your fingersCollection: Hands
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!Collection: Done
When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.Collection: New York
When mankind goes back to treating people the way you want to be treated, things will settle, I don't see that happening. I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.Collection: People
Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?Collection: Play
When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.Collection: Gun
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 drinkingCollection: Drinking