Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir
A source page for quotes linked to Dave Mustaine.
“Oh my God. I'm not Keith Richards. I'm Otis from Mayberry! A fucking drunk!”
“One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.”
“The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.”
“My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.”
“If I'm gonna commit suicide, I'll go out eatin' pussy to death.”
“God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.”
“Ask the sheep for their beliefs... Do you kill on God's command?”
“I want to write something that makes it easy for young people to look right into the abyss.”
“We got a new song called 'Ashes in Your Mouth,' and it is NOT about a joint falling apart.”
“Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.”
“The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.”
“If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.”
“It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.”
“It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.”
“Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense”