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.

During our first meeting, Tony Iommi was a great jazz guitarist, his capabilities cover all styles - Black Sabbath has even narrowed his horizons.

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.

If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling

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.

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