Black Sabbath Quotes

United Kingdom,
1968 – 2017.

Black Sabbath were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler and singer Ozzy Osbourne. Black Sabbath are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970), and Master of Reality (1971). The band had multiple line-up changes, with Iommi being the only constant member throughout its history.

There are no impossible dreams.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Dream
- Impossible
There are no invisible seams.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Invisible

Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above. We'll find happiness together in the summer skies of love.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Summer
- Romantic
- Sunshine
I think if a man can create something like an atom bomb, he can surely create something with his own mind.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Men
- Thinking
- Mind
People think I'm crazy, but I'm in demand.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- People
- Thinking
- Crazy
If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.

Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
- Band
Sex isn't the priority anymore, now I'm 65. But it still goes on. I want it and she doesn't, same as ever.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Relationship
- Priorities
Children of the future, watching empires fall. Madness the cup they drink from, self destruction the toll.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Children
- Future
- Fall

I'd like to sing songs that are mellower. I don't want to be screaming when I'm 60.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Want
- Song
I don’t know whose brilliant idea that was, but it wasn’t mine, that’s for sure.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Ideas
- Brilliant
You learn who your friends are when the sh-t hits the fan.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Fans
Pink Floyd was music for rich college kids, and we were the exact f**king opposite of that.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Kids
- College
- Rich
Suicide is the only way out.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Way
- Suicide
- Controversy
I can see thru mountains watch me disappear, I can even touch the sky. Swallowing the colors of the sounds I hear, am I just a crazy guy? You bet.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Guy
- Crazy
- Mountain

Don't ask me, I don't know

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Knows
- Asks
I never try and sound like Sabbath.

Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Hate
- Forget
When you get to 60, the word "retirement" comes in on every conversation.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Conversation
- Retirement
I don't know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
I discovered rock'n'roll. You could go round Europe in a van with your best mates, drinking beer, smoking dope and screwing chicks.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Drinking
- Beer
- Smoking

You've got to have something to retire to. Something you always wanted to do but your job prevented it.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Jobs
- Wanted
- Retiring
One thing that does confuse me, is that there are more religions in this world than ever, yet there's only supposed to be one God.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- World
- Doe
I've been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don't interest me.

Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
- Life
- Nice
I'm the demon alcohol, demon alcohol, demon alcohol, demon alcohol. Let's party.

Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
- Party
- Drug
- Alcohol