Geezer Butler (Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler) Quotes

Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.

Geezer Butler Black Sabbath

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  Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
  • Death