Dave Mustaine

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

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.

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.

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

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

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.

I am interested in politics.

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

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

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

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

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.

I wouldn't vote for Obama.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I care about what the fans feel.

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

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

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

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

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