Dave Mustaine Quotes

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Dave Mustaine

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 13, 1961

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

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

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I care about what the fans feel.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.

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Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.

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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.

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My guitar was a loyal person to me.

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

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

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