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.

We were always told we were one step behind Deep Purple, one step behind Led Zeppelin, one step behind everybody. Our manager didn't want to let us know how popular we were. It's only after we did Ozzfest that people started telling me stuff. I thought they were taking the piss. People would come up to me and go, "Respect."

Rock and roll is my religion.

You can never take the violence back.

Suicide is the only way out.

When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.

My idea of what God should be is a good guy. I don't think there's any good in killing people in the name of your God.