110 Quotes by Dave Mustaine

Some years later, long after he and Megadeth parted company, Jay Jones was stabbed to death with a butter knife during-rumor has it-a fight over a bolonga sandwich. That's not funny, of course. But, if you knew Jay, neither is it particularly suprising.

Oh my God. I'm not Keith Richards. I'm Otis from Mayberry! A fucking drunk!

Pop and metal aren't friends. Each knows exactly where the other lives and tries to keep its distance. They choose different streets, neighborhoods, zip codes.

Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the womb.

I went there anyway-knowingly, willingly-because I wanted a number one hit. I wanted what Metallica had, even if it meant selling a piece of my soul to the devil.

All bands eventually break up because of one or more of the four P's: power, property, prestiege, pussy.

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

It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.

Finally, I found what seemed at the time to be a lid of some sort. Presuming it was a toilet seat (but not really caring one way or the other) I lifted it up, then dropped my shorts and began to piss. Ahhh...success. Then I stumbled back to bed and passed out. It wasn't until the next morning that I realized what had actually happened. I woke to the sight of Junior standing over my bed with a look of disgust on his face. "Hey, man. Did you pee in my suitcase?