Davenport Iowa radio station 97X recently interviewed Dave Mustaine of Megadeth on their morning show. The chat can be heard via the YouTube clip below, a couple of transcribed excerpts read as follows: 

On being "honest" about himself in his autobiography, Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir:

Mustaine: "I think that when you look at some people, that their careers have been out in the open, and I've been really honest about everything that I do and how I've worked… To lie about it just makes people loathe you. And part of the reason that I'm difficult, I think, to work with is because I demand the best that I can possibly do myself, and I think that when you do that, you kind of sometimes tend to expect that from others. I know that a lot of times, when I say 'no' to people, they take it wrong. It's not like I'm saying, 'No. Hey, hit the road.' It's something more along the lines [of], 'No, I think maybe there's something better,' or, 'Maybe not right now' — that kind of thing. But a lot of times, people, they don't like rejection. I certainly don't like rejection. I don't know; maybe that's something that's cool with you guys, but it's not for me. So when I say 'no' a lot of times, people get mad. I remember the first time I had asked a girl to dance in high school and she said 'no' to me, I thought, 'I'm gonna tell everybody what you are.'"

On expecting a lot from his bandmates:

Mustaine: "In order to win, you wanna surround youself with champions, and I think that if you let everybody off easy, you get what you deserve. And I think part of the reason I've been successful for thirty-five years and had two great bands that I've been in and nearing a hundred million records in sales and stuff like that is because I've really pushed myself. And sometimes when you push yourself, other people get pulled along and sometimes they get pushed, and I think that that's… If you have a coach and you're on a team or something like that, you want somebody who's striving for perfection; you don't want somebody who's gonna say, 'That's good enough.'… It's like those trophies they give to kids when they lose. You're just breeding inadequacy, and, 'Oh, it's okay to be a loser. Everybody else gets a trophy. We all win.' And in the music industry, when people say there's no competiton, I cry foul. I think that's crap, because there's numbers on the charts for a reason. If there were no numbers on the charts and everybody just said, 'Oh, hey, great record,' we'd be living out the days of Woodstock again. But me, I like pushing myself. I've always really pushed myself, not only musically, but in all areas of my life. I really try and go out of my way helping people."

Megadeth tour dates are listed below.

October
7 - Moline, IL - iWireless Center
8 - Milwaukee, WI - UWM Panther Arena
9 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
11 - Bethlehem, PA - Sands Events Center
12 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
13 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
14 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
16 - Camden, NJ - BB &T Pavilion