Quotes by Dave Mustaine

About Dave Mustaine:

David Scott "Dave" Mustaine is an American musician. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, and lead singer of the American thrash metal band Megadeth, and well as the original lead guitarist for the American heavy metal band Metallica.
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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.

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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 suprisi...

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

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I let that swim around in my aching head for a few minutes - "the arsenal of megadeath...the arsenal of megadeath" - and then, for some reason I can't quite explain, I began to write. Using a borrowed pencil and a cupcake wrapper, I wrote the first l...

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

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

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I care about what the fans feel.

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Author Bio

  • NameDave Mustaine
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • AliasesDavid Scott Mustaine; David Mustaine; David S. Mustaine
  • BornSeptember 13, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Musician; Writer; Autobiographer