I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

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

The first question that comes out of everybody's mouth, 'Did you bite the head off a bat?' And I did, so, next.

I never thought I could write anything or do a show sober, ever. But I did the Black Sabbath shows sober, and it was so much better fun for me, and everybody.

We're going off the rails on a crazy train.

I remember what a thrill it was to go from the back streets of Birmingham to Madison Square Garden in New York...it's like playing on Mars. You can't buy that.

There are no incurable ills.