You've got to believe in yourself, or no one will believe in you. Imagination is like a bird on the wing, flying free for you to use.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didnt want to see my kids do the same thing

Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.

A Christian man is a man who is within himself, who puts out good vibes.

I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play.

The rest of the guys in Sabbath became boring old farts, and there I was, this crazy guy, still into wrecking hotel rooms and having parties.

It's just human nature - isn't it? - to be more attracted to something that's taboo. If someone tells you not to smoke, you wanna smoke. If they say, 'Don't do drugs,' you wanna do drugs. That's why I've always thought that the best way to stop people taking drugs is to legalise the fucking things. It would take people about five seconds to realise that being an addict is a terribly unattractive and pathetic way to be, whereas at the moment it still has that kind of rebel cool vibe to it, y'know?