Dave Mustaine's Quotes

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

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 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 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.

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

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.

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

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

I wouldn't vote for Obama.

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

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.

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

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

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.

I am interested in politics.

I care about what the fans feel.

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

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

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

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

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