I didn't care if the flippin Capital tower fell on its side and rolled into the ocean with everyone in it. I have never seen such a display of hateful, selfish, self-centered flips in my life.
– 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
I think I'd make a better president than George Bush. I'll tell you what, George Bush and Dick Cheney have been to jail more times than I have, and I used to shoot heroin, now what does that tell you?
– 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
Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away.
– 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
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
I've never believed in singing about Satan and thinking he's cool, because he's not.
– 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
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.