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

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 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.

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

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.

You are what you write.

Beware of your thoughts, for they are not YOU!

I read poetry to save time.

Treat the world like a failed state, then you can understand the players needed to fix it.

We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?

Listening is the essence of anything.

One should be willing to throw away a dozen ideas to come up with a good one, just as one should throw away a dozen words to come up with the right one.

Research suggests when it comes to understanding our feelings, we humans have an odd mix of low ability and high confidence.

Consciousness in the individual is that area where the totality of life is located.

The more information you have, the better you will be.