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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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.

- 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

When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something's wrong.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- 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

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

- Dave Mustaine

I wouldn't vote for Obama.

- Dave Mustaine

I care about what the fans feel.

- Dave Mustaine

I am interested in politics.

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine

Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.

- 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

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

- Dave Mustaine

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

- Dave Mustaine