Quotes from Dave Mustaine

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

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 wouldn't vote for Obama.

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.

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.

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.

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

I am interested in politics.

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

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

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

My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.

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

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

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

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

Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense

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.

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.

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

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

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

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

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