I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, going from place to place not knowing what I was gonna do and ending up being homeless, there was a lot of pain and a lot of anger that was coming out through my guitar playing.

My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.

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

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

Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the womb.

I care about what the fans feel.

When mankind goes back to treating people the way you want to be treated, things will settle, I don't see that happening. I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.