I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started

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

Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.

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.

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

To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge.

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.