They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30-odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary.

I do my best; I put out things I believe in and if you don't like it then pass on to something else.

That's the life really isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old.

Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off. It's balance.

Their brilliant audio expert, who is a marine biologist, should really be looking after Flipper

Never lose perspective on where you are and what you've got. And how you got it.

I played the track 'Exciter' backwards and suggested to the judge that what he'd heard was, 'I asked her for a peppermint. I asked her to get me one'. When the judge heard it, his eyes lit up. It was as if he realized how ridiculous the whole thing was.