Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.

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

I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.

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.

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.

Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.

I like to deal in the reality of life. I'm too old to sing about women and things like that.