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 love people. I love being in a band. I love making music. I had to figure out that was way more important than being addicted.

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

I would love to be in the Hall Of Fame.

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

The only advice we gave Richie Faulkner was we wanted Richie to be his own guy. You have to let your musicians in your band be who they are.

All I've got on my iPod is every single Queen song and every single Judas Priest song. Queen were an incredible heavy metal band. I saw them on their first ever tour, at Birmingham Town Hall. They just blew me away.