Dave Mustaine Quotes

Every time a new rock singer comes out they don't say, 'Are you the new John Lennon?' Every time a new rapper comes out, it's not, 'Are you the new Dre?' I am never sure why this sort of genre, the categorization is so strong. I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time.

As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference.

Well, I don't like the word 'rock star,' the two words, 'rock star.' Not even 'soft rock star. Not even limestone star. I don't like those words.

I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music.

Somebody asked my friend Bob Seger, Why do you think the Eagles broke up? He said, Hotel California.

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I felt very proud to be part of a music scene that was changing the face of commercial music and rock music internationally, but I also felt like it was necessary for Soundgarden - as it was for all of these Seattle bands - to prove that we deserve to be on an international stage, and we weren't just part of a fad that was based on geography.

If we're compared to Metallica, the greatest metal band in the world, I think that's actually a pretty damn good compliment.

I consciously did not want to put a sub-Mr. Bungle band on the map. I don't think the world needs that.

I knew the guys in the Allman Brothers way back in the day, before they were famous.

AC/DC will never retire; Angus will never retire.

So I wouldn't see Wings as a band that would go into the Hall of Fame, to be honest.

I get so frustrated with all these so-called singer-songwriters coming out and they don't write!

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

I have dreams of working with some of the greatest to ever do it, including Sade, Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Babyface, Smokey Robinson, and Timbaland.

Never in my life have I met bigger rockstars than Sugar Ray.

Those folks at Death Row were the Rolling Stones of their time.

Kids love Lady Gaga because she's a freak, and she's one of the few people doing that, but unfortunately, Lady Gaga hasn't got the tunes. She's not David Bowie or Roxy Music.

We live in the realm where all the metalheads and rock fans know us, but we're not giants like Linkin Park or Black Sabbath.

Rock 'n' roll is a crazy world, and it's how things work out you can't predict.

I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin.

Rob Zombie was White Zombie and I was Static-X. I wrote and produced everything.

Steve Earle had a mainstream career. Dwight Yoakam had a mainstream career. Willie Nelson did. But they always made good music, they always stuck to who they were. They weren't relying on radio like a lot of people are in Nashville.

Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene' hit the airwaves at about the time Alan Freed got to New York, and it was definitely a song I really loved and related to.

I would love to work with Eminem, Dr. Dre. I wish I could have been in the studio with Bob Marley.