52+ Dave Mustaine Quotes On Politics, Music And Metallica

Dave Mustaine is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Mustaine has also been involved with several other bands, including Metallica, where he was a co-founder and lead guitarist. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Dave Mustaine on politics, music, life.

Top 10 Dave Mustaine Quotes

1. 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.
2. It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.
3. Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.
4. Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.
5. People say that being kicked out of Metallica is what drove me to be better and faster in Megadeth, but i was faster and better than Metallica when i was in Metallica
6. If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.
7. Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it’s more difficult.
8. Pop and metal aren't friends. Each knows exactly where the other lives and tries to keep its distance. They choose different streets, neighborhoods, zip codes.
9. Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady. She's a very talented director, and I curse better because of her.
10. 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 Short Quotes

• If I know I'm going crazy, I must not be insane.
• God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.
• I care more about what God knows than what man says.
• My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.
• Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense
• We got a new song called 'Ashes in Your Mouth,' and it is NOT about a joint falling apart.
• It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.
• One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
• I'm not a great singer
• The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.

Dave Mustaine Quotes About Metallica

When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs. — Dave Mustaine

I went there anyway-knowingly, willingly-because I wanted a number one hit. I wanted what Metallica had, even if it meant selling a piece of my soul to the devil. — Dave Mustaine

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

Dave Mustaine Quotes About Guitar

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

Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my guitars and amps! — Dave Mustaine

Buckethead [former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist] is probably twice as good a guitar player as me and Slash combined, and can stand having fried chicken rubbed up against his face all night for a couple of hours. — Dave Mustaine

David Gilmour can do more with one note than most other guitar players can do with the whole fretboard — Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine Famous Quotes And Sayings

Yesterday evening I received a call that a person had located a body and the investigators from SDSD Homicide Division described our beloved mother, Sally Estabrook. Thank you all for your prayers, your good thoughts, and positive vibes. — Dave Mustaine

To me, the most important thing was to treat people the way you want to be treated. Some people say that I'm a mean person. Well, you know what? The person that's saying that is probably a dipshit and I put them in their place! I have a knack for doing that. — Dave Mustaine

I could do Rust In Peace again, but I don't want to. I could have followed that formula but, God, why? I would have to have done so much heroin and cocaine - and I wasn't going to. Not if I'm paying for it! — Dave Mustaine

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 suprising. — 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

Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the womb. — Dave Mustaine

I watched him, and I watched him die, and it was so painful for me, because I really loved Freddie Mercury, the way that he just truly went with his voice. — Dave Mustaine

Brother will kill brother, spill blood across the land. Killing for religion, something I don't understand. Fools like me who cross the sea and come to foreign lands, ask the sheep for their beliefs; 'Do you kill on God's command?' — Dave Mustaine

When mankind goes back to treating people the way you want to be treated, things will settle, I don't see that happening. I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd. — Dave Mustaine

Clearly see you can't see Clear — Dave Mustaine

I want to write something that makes it easy for young people to look right into the abyss. — Dave Mustaine

If you shake my hand, better count your fingers — Dave Mustaine

Brother will kill brother, Spilling blood across the land... — Dave Mustaine

Let's put it this way: I did not get in trouble every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble, I'd been drinking — Dave Mustaine

So Far,So Good........................So What? — Dave Mustaine

Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it? — Dave Mustaine

No matter how beautiful a girl is, she still shits. — Dave Mustaine

Ask the sheep for their beliefs... Do you kill on God's command? — Dave Mustaine

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

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

If I'm gonna commit suicide, I'll go out eatin' pussy to death. — Dave Mustaine

I care about what the fans feel. — Dave Mustaine

Yesterday's answers has nothing to do with today's questions. — Dave Mustaine

When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine. — Dave Mustaine

What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair. — Dave Mustaine

Life Lessons by Dave Mustaine

1. Dave Mustaine's career has been a testament to the power of hard work and dedication, showing that with enough effort and passion, anything is possible.
2. His story also serves as a reminder to never give up, no matter how many times you fail or how hard the journey may be.
3. Finally, Dave Mustaine's work is a great example of how to stay true to your art and vision, no matter what the critics or industry may say.