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

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

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 would not want to write something about something I do not think about

Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second.

Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his farewell in 1992 and that got the ball rolling.

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