I tried heroin once and I didn't like it. It frightened me.

The ministry of fear that won't let you live. The ministry of grace that doesn't forgive.

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

My heart stopped twice. They had to stab me to drain the blood from my lungs because I was drowning in my own blood.

I used to smoke cigarettes, smoke dope, do smack, every f - - thing. First, I couldn't function without it. Then I couldn't do anything with or without it. Then I thought, "This is the end of the line for my fun days."

The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto.

Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace.