Dave Mustaine Quotes

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.

- Dave Mustaine

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.

- Dave Mustaine

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.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

- Dave Mustaine

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.

- Dave Mustaine

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.

- Dave Mustaine

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.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

I wouldn't vote for Obama.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

I care about what the fans feel.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

- Dave Mustaine

Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine