'I'm a fighter. I don't quit. I'm probably going to record when I'm dead 'Live from his coffin'.' - on the nerve injury to his arm that brought his career to a temporary halt

'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 - …

'[Being a drug addict] is like making love to a gorilla, you don't stop 'till the gorilla is done...' - from VH1's Behind the Music: Megadeth

'If you've never had them, it feels like getting a porcupine pulled backwards through your dick.' (On Kidney stones)

'A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.'

I was obliged to retract, like a good Catholic, this opinion of mine; and as a punishment my dialogue was prohibited; and after five months being dismissed fro…

You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud…