BN: Or a recipe for success...Lars had the intuition, but you had the initiative and the drive. Whereas the rest of the members lived fairly comfortably, you had to really fight and work for it. And seeing the band's live performances back then, you definitely were the one that had the drive, the intensity, and the attitude and brought it into the band, and they just carried it on.
DM: The funny thing I thought Bob, the first time I heard all my solos on the record [Kill 'Em All] I was like, "Goddammit". And the first time I saw them live [with Kirk], it was like looking in the mirror watching how James had ripped off all my mannerisms. At that point, I just stopped doing that and thought I now have to do something different. It's kind of like someone dresses a certain way and then another person cops his look so he reinvents himself. It was the same thing once I left Metallica, I could have sounded just like Metallica, that would have been very easy. But I didn't.

BN: And that's what I think most people respect most about Megadeth. Whereas most thrash bands that followed (particularly from the Bay Area) sounded very reminiscent of Metallica, Megadeth had a sound all it's own, even with the changes you made with the latter records, like Cryptic and Risk, you didn't cop some other band's sound, it was just a different side of Megadeth but it was still original. And that is really emphasized when listening to this new album.
DM: Thank you.

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