(Metal Hammer) Megadeth's David Ellefson says that Megadeth have a 'higher calling.' And reflecting on their 30-plus year career, the bassist expresses hope that the band will end it on their own terms.

Ellefson tells Metal Devastation (via Blabbermouth): "I think if you don't quit, and hopefully you don't die, you keep going. This tour's pretty long, almost two months. There was a moment the other day where Dave Mustaine's, like, 'Think what it's gonna be like one day if we don't do this, or when we don't do this.'

"The first things that hit me was, 'Well, hopefully we wrap it up on our terms and not on somebody else's.' Or because of other tragedies. This is what you're born to do.

"Dave and I talk about it all the time. We've had this sort of anointing and blessing for us to even be together. It's kind of like Megadeth sort of has this higher calling around it." Read more here.

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