Learn 2 chords and then get a good lawyer before learning the 3rd.

Yeah, I was with Jethro Tull for three weeks, so what?

It has always been my goal to believe in what I do and love what I do and be true to that.

I didn't follow any rules at all. I made my own.

I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did - get a job.

For me, I've never talked about my private life. It's always been about Black Sabbath. It's strange to open up and talk about me as a young lad, my relationships, marriages and what not.

In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.

Eddie Van Halen was probably the most influential.

They sounded really professional because they had two Vox AC 30 amplifiers. I also had an AC 30, so when you looked at it, three AC 30s, three Fenders - bloody hell, it must be a great band!

PULL and PUSH" are basic principles of life. You must PULL to work hard and then PUSH to give hard"... The reason why we gain is to give!

Demons, werewolves, zombies--they're all supposed to be for entertainment purposes only.

Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now.

I like stripper shoes. I like being tall because I'm claustrophobic.

Humor is man's greatest blessing.

What is remembered is what becomes reality.

A hidden Bliss is at the root of things. A mute Delight regards Time's countless works: To house God's joy in things Space gave wide room, To house God's joy in self our souls were born.

The thing is some girls think they can actually change guys

Fight only after creating conditions for victory.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake.