I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started

The Geezer album, Black Science, had a lot of keyboards and it did not work.

If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling

I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now.

I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in

During our first meeting, Tony Iommi was a great jazz guitarist, his capabilities cover all styles - Black Sabbath has even narrowed his horizons.

To me, Sabbath was always just a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.