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

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

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

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.

Lately, Ive been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!

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.