Dave Mustaine, the leader of Megadeth, was questioned in a recent interview with Chile’s Teletrece regarding the inspiration behind his lyrics for the song “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” and how they connect to the current conflict between the United States and Israel and Iran, as per Blabbermouth.
I’m a songwriter, and I don’t think people should listen to celebrities about stuff, what they should do or how they should vote. And in fact, in America, that used to be private. Nobody would go around and tell people who they voted for. It was important. It was your right. And I even worked with the government in America to get a law passed called the Motor Voter bill, and it made it so that Americans can go to get their driver’s license and also register to vote at the same time, and I did that with MTV and the ‘Rock The Vote’ campaign. But that was a nonpartisan effort.
Like I said, I don’t think celebrities should be telling their fans how to vote, because if I say I’m a Democrat, all the people who are Republicans are gonna be affected by that statement. They may say, ‘You know what? I like his music. I don’t care if he’s a Democrat.’ Or they may say, ‘You know what? Fuck him. He’s a Democrat, and I don’t wanna listen to his music anymore.’
In fact, I’m not a Democrat or a Republican. I have my viewpoints, which are pretty strict. But I’m what you would call an independent in America. So I don’t think that I should be telling anybody about what’s going on in the Middle East, ’cause I don’t really know. But I do know that the Bible talks about it, and if you really wanna get an idea on what’s going on in the world, maybe do some reading. Do some reading.
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