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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.