I finally came to the decision that I couldn't do it like that anymore. So I surrendered to that. I did (the Sabbath reunion tour) without anything - cigarettes, tobacco, dope, anything. And I had so much more fun without it.

In the early days, you would get skinheads, the Eagles and Black Sabbath playing the same show.

They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don’t teach you a thing about death. There’s no book telling you what to do when your mum or dad dies.

The introduction of heartache began as a child.

You're chasing the dragon, you're chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who's still trying to fly.

I grew up having to piss in a bucket ’cos there was no indoor shitter, and now I have these computerised Japanese super-loo things that have heated seats and wash and blow-dry your arse at the touch of a button. Give it a couple of years and I’ll have a bog with a robot arm that pulls out my turds, so I don’t have to strain.

I would lock myself in my room and drink a case of Corona and smoke a load of pot.