Dave Mustaine quotes

Dave Mustaine is an American musician, best known as the founder, guitarist, and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Megadeth. His work played a key role in shaping the thrash metal genre and influencing countless artists worldwide. He continues to be recognized as one of metal’s most innovative and influential figures. Here are 22 of his quotes:

Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it's more difficult. (Dave Mustaine)

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

Dave Mustaine

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

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

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

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

Dave Mustaine

I care more about what God knows than what man says.

Dave Mustaine

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

Dave Mustaine

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

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

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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.

Dave Mustaine

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

Dave Mustaine

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

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

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

Dave Mustaine

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

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

I care about what the fans feel.

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 doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine

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Photo: Ralph Arvesen from Round Mountain, Texas, CC BY 2.0

Occupation: American Musician
Born: September 13, 1961
Quotes count: 22
Wikipedia: Dave Mustaine

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