What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

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.