20 Dave Mustaine Quotes on Music

Dave Mustaine quotes on music

2. 'I see who you are with the laser, you little dickhead. Oh, aren't you so cool? ahahahahah... Yeah, I saved all my allowance from mommy to go buy a laser so I can shine it at Dave. I bet you're probably still a virgin, aren't ya Peckerwood? How about you be cool so the people around you don't beat your fucking brains in, and let me play guitar, okay? Thank you. GAHHHHHH! See, when I'm up here, and I've got the fucking microphone, I can say whatever I WANT TO!'

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

5. 'God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.' -Interview with 'Masters of Metal and Hard Rock' magazine

6. 'I reached the point in the end where I didn't want to see another fader, and the only knob I wanted to play with was my own.' -on remastering Rust in Peace

10. '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.'

12. 'There are a lot of good guys out there. I listen to some of these bands and I'm thinkin', 'If the singer didn't sing like that:' There's a great groundswell of talent in Norway and Sweden. I heard this one band and the guitar player was just ripping and then I looked on the internet and the guy's got hair down to his waist, he's covered in tattoos and piercings, and his face is painted black and white - fuck that! Walking around with an Oreo cookie for a head. An Oreo is two black cookies with a white cream filling. If I picked a guitar player and he showed up looking like that, I wouldn't answer the door! You'd see my redheaded ass goin' over the back fence!' -on Black Metal bands

16. 'Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it's more difficult.'

19. 'We got a new song called Ashes in Your Mouth, and it is NOT about a joint falling apart.'

20. 'Listen, I have no clue who you are, but we both know who I am, so shut the fuck up and listen to my music!'

21. 'I was sitting in my hotel room, with a copy of your rock magazine (Kerrang!) and I didn't know whether to read it...or wipe my ass with it!'

22. 'I think that Britney has blown more things than the gearbox on her Ferrari lately and Christina is living proof that you can polish a turd.'

23. 'I think that guitarist from Queensryche looks a hell of a lot like Jamie Lee Curtis.'

25. 'The band's name means the act of dying, but, like, really mega.' -on Megadeth

26. '...Glam stands for Gay L.A. Metal.'

29. '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!' - on recording The System Has Failed

39. 'This next song is about a video game where you get to slice people in half with chainsaws and shot them in the face'- before playing Gears of War

44. 'I met Lars through an ad in Recycler, a local classified ads newspaper, the ad read 'Looking for a guitar player influenced by Motorhead and Iron Maiden'. I called the ad and told him some of the bands I liked, and I mentioned Budgie, and Lars said, 'Fuck man, you like Budgie!' (mimicking Lars' Danish accent). So I went to his house and sat in his bedroom and we smoked a little pot next to a huge stack of Danish pornography and licorice, and I thought 'This is interesting for a teenager to have this much Danish porno', but I didn't ask any questions. And then I remembered Lars introducing James to me as their singer, and I looked at James and thought 'Aren't frontmen supposed to be sexy?'' -on joining Metallica

45. 'Lars himself has baited me by saying he wishes I would be more experimental. Now, does he mean experimental as in kissing and frenching my lead guitar player or my drummer? Is he talking about painting my nails, wearing makeup and cutting off all my hair? I don't know...'

47. 'I guess I don't have a problem with him. I mean, if I saw him drowning, I'd pull him out...after he went under a couple times.' -on Kirk Hammett

50. 'Do I still like Metallica? Well, after seeing Some Kind of Monster, I think I'm about as good as a friend to them, as much as they are to each other'