Dave Mustaine Quotes

I believe in entertaining the audiences with whatever I do.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

At the end of the day if you want to entertain people, you've got to take your ego out of the equation.

I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows.

There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audience in a direct way.

Sometimes I get more excited for shows that I know are going to be quieter because it gets me more inspired to be more of a showman and be more of an entertainer and forces me to work harder.

When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable - onstage, talking, making 'em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

I'm a performer, so when I get to any space, I make it my own for that moment and have fun.

When I was touring with Peas, I was able to make the crowd feel the energy. When I said: 'put your hands up or make some noise,' they just did it.

That's the philosophy that we have always had. Going and playing in front of people and leaving an impressive from that standpoint.

We enjoy playing small shows, big shows, whatever. There's the energy of the visual production, and all that stuff starts to happen, so when you see it come to life, it's pretty exciting.

I like playing in front of the crowd and get them into it.

There were people that grabbed you just by talking, and that's what I loved about professional wrestling when I started out. That's why I'm already so good. That's why people literally hang on the edge of their seats when I have a mic because they want to know what I'm going to say.

Some guys like myself, we like to play off the crowd.

The music's rehearsed a lot. All people think about is, they think, in rock 'n' roll, they get the music off right and they think it's okay standing, looking macho. Well, it's not. That's boring. If you want to be a performer you've got to do a lot more work than that.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

There's a joy I think people feel from... my performance.

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.

I would just stand there puzzled, then realize this would be a great place to make a show.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.