One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.

I did a lot of music criticism. I don't think much of it was any good. I think I wanted to show off a lot when I was younger. Now I just want people to enjoy the story. If it were possible to publish anonymously, that would be awesome.

People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?

People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself.

I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.

You're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.

The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.