People say that being kicked out of Metallica is what drove me to be better and faster in Megadeth, but i was faster and better than Metallica when i was in Metallica

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.

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

Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.

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

I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page.

If I were president of the United States, I'd build a great wall along the Mexican border and not let anybody in.

It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.

I want to write something that makes it easy for young people to look right into the abyss.

Christians are becoming disengaged in following the Scripture that tells us not to conform to the world’s system.

A movie should be as long as one can hold their bladder

Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore.

You cannot make mistakes in the Champions League.

I will unite with anyone to do good, but with no one to do harm.

influence which is given on the side of money is usually against truth.

I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one.

I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.

Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length revenge and retribution, all day and all night. Then its overseers wonder why people leave prison more broken than when they went in.