Fox News | Dave Mustaine talks how the pandemic impacted his songwriting for TSTDATD (June 24, 2023)

Interview with Dave Mustaine on Fox News about the success of the album *The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead!* (2022). Mustaine and the interviewer, Kennedy, recall meeting when she was an MTV VJ in 1994 [00:00:51]. When asked if the "craziness of the world" (including the pandemic) had been good for his songwriting, Mustaine says he wouldn't put it in that context, but he tries to use issues that "we all deal with" in his lyrics [00:01:10]. He explains his lyrical approach: he has "no political party favoritism" [00:02:05] and focuses on "issues that affect all of us," offering the perspective of someone who has been living on his own since age 15 [00:02:08]. His goal is to present the "pros and cons" of an issue so people ask themselves: "I don't want what Dave has, but do I want what I have?" [00:01:32]. Mustaine reveals that he doesn't watch much current affairs because he is so busy, but he trusts that people will "correct it and we're going to move on" [00:03:09].