In 1964 something totally unexpected happened. I got a job I enjoyed.

I think MTV should consider using subtitles. Half the time, even I can't understand what the fu*k I'm talking about.

Do you want me crucified for my profanity?

At 18, if someone had said to me, "I think you should go to rehab and get cleaned up," I would have thought, "You're fucking mad."

It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.

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

There was a cinema called The Orient outside the community centre where we rehearsed in Six Ways, and whenever it showed a horror film the queue would go all the way down the street and around the corner. 'Isn't it strange how people will pay money to frighten themselves?' I remember Tony [Iommi] saying one day. 'Maybe we should stop doing blues and write scary music instead.'