MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.

Jesus Christ was the original rock'n'roll star. He gave people reasons to live in the rut they were living in. He was the first man to say, "You don't have to have human sacrifices, 'cause human sacrifices hurt somebody, you know?" Just believe in the spirit that is within you.

It was such an amazing time for music in the Sixties. When popular music hit me, it was like magic was in the air.

Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace.

My son Jack just got out of rehab, he's 17 years old and he got hooked on Oxycontin and I'm just a little pissed off that he never gave me a few.

Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.

There are no unsavable souls.