Dave Mustaine Quotes

I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me.

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.

Sing the song or keep it inside.

I have a song called 'I Don't Even Know Your Name' which I think is going to be well liked across the board.

I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.

I got a song called 'All That I Got Is You.' I wrote that from the heart.

I love 'Shadow' the most! The melody is awesome, and I really like how the lyrics express genuine emotions.

I have a song called 'Waffles Are Better Than Pancakes.' If I can't be goofy, I'll go insane.

Most of all, I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.

Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song.

I've always been into writing love songs.

When you feel betrayed by someone that you trust the most... As an actor, you look for something that's going to let you express some of your inner emotions and anger.

Oh, are we at the insult part of the breakup?" she says. "Because I got in a lot of practice after what happened with Will. I have several choice things to say about her nose.

You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies. One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?

Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she should have never left me here, where her friends might look to me for help. Finally she looked at me. Her eyes were hard, but she'd let no tears fall. "This is where we blame those who are responsible, Cooper, she told me, her voice very soft. "The colemongers, and the bought Dogs at Tradesmen's kennel. We'll leave an offering for him with the Black God when all this is done, and we'll occupy ourselves with tearing these colemongers apart. all right? We put grief aside for now.

When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.

This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.

A party in the orange grove. The pain on Linden's face is immediate. I am unwavering. He has cost me more pain than I will ever be able to repay.

Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me

I think pain is the best feeling for song writing. You can write good happy songs, but I think the kind of bruiting, depressing ones are more effective. They are easier to write when I am impassioned and angry. It is a good way to channel that negative energy.

A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of it.