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

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

I've been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don't interest me.

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

I'd sort of dabbled in Black Magic, not practicing it, but I was interested in it. All these horrible things kept happening to me - a lot of my aunts and uncles started dying and I was seeing all these bloody things visiting me during the night.

I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started

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