I didn't think anything we did was spectacular. I remember we thought, 'Let's just write some scary music.'

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

I advise that pregnant women do not come to my concerts.

I didn't really like the taste of booze. I liked the effect it did on me. But I can't say I savored a glass full of Chablis Chablis 1932. I drank whatever s - - was in front of me and got me buzzed.

Killing a pig for a good old fry-up is one thing. But there's no excuse for being cruel, even if you're a bored teenage kid.

It was always fun in the early days of Black Sabbath, when I stayed away from heavy drugs. Then someone gave me cocaine and I went, "Hallelujah!" I thought I'd found the meaning of life!

What can go wrong will go wrong.