I was always the new kid in school, I’m the kid from a broken family, I’m the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I’m the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.
Some years later, long after he and Megadeth parted company, Jay Jones was stabbed to death with a butter knife during-rumor has it-a fight over a bolonga sandwich. That’s not funny, of course. But, if you knew Jay, neither is it particularly suprising.
Besides, the bass isn’t a difficult instrument to play. It’s like one step up from the kazoo, isn’t it?
If you shake my hand, better count your fingers.
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.
I could do Rust In Peace again, but I don’t want to. I could have followed that formula but, God, why? I would have to have done so much heroin and cocaine – and I wasn’t going to. Not if I’m paying for it!
If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they’re full.
We got a new song called ‘Ashes in Your Mouth,’ and it is NOT about a joint falling apart.
Clearly see you can’t see Clear.
I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.
When people in Washington say they’re going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they’re going to take mine.
Next thing you know they’ll take your thoughts away.
When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.
To me, the most important thing was to treat people the way you want to be treated. Some people say that I’m a mean person. Well, you know what? The person that’s saying that is probably a dipshit and I put them in their place! I have a knack for doing that.
Brother will kill brother, spill blood across the land. Killing for religion, something I don’t understand. Fools like me who cross the sea and come to foreign lands, ask the sheep for their beliefs; ‘Do you kill on God’s command?’
God created whammy bars for people who don’t know how to solo.
If I know I’m going crazy, I must not be insane.
Let’s put it this way: I did not get in trouble every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble, I’d been drinking.
I’m not a great singer.
My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.