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.

If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.

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

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.

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

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