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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.