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Tony Iommi - the undisputed king of demonic heavy rock riffs. In this area, no one had never surpassed him.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I’ve made a career out of it now.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
The introduction of heartache began as a child.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
Conceived in anger, addicted to hate, the mutant child of a twisted state.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
I didn't really like the taste of booze. I liked the effect it did on me. But I can't say I savored a glass full of Chablis Chablis 1932. I drank whatever s - - was in front of me and got me buzzed.
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Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
I retired once but you've got to have something to retire to and I don't want to do anything. My job is like a well paid hobby, I mean not a hobby but I'm not lining up every morning at the bus queue to go to work. I'm very lucky.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
I remember what a thrill it was to go from the back streets of Birmingham to Madison Square Garden in New York...it's like playing on Mars. You can't buy that.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
There is something fucking unbelievable about seeing all of the fans go crazy and chanting 'Ozzy!' I would pay to see them..
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
I do miss the social aspect of sitting in a pub with a pint but you know what when I get down to it I never went for a pint. I went to a pub to get f**ked up. If it was just going for a pint that would be ok but once I start I just can't stop.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I didn't think anything we did was spectacular. I remember we thought, 'Let's just write some scary music.'
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If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
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 -
I've been in rehabs with hardcore heroin addicts who say, 'I've kicked the heroin, but I can't let go of the tobacco.' I haven't smoked a cigarette in a long time. I like being clean now.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
Just another lonely broken hero picking up the pieces of my mind. Running out of faith and hope and reason, I'm running out of time.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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It was always fun in the early days of Black Sabbath, when I stayed away from heavy drugs. Then someone gave me cocaine and I went, "Hallelujah!" I thought I'd found the meaning of life!
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
If I could have just one more wish, I'd wipe the cobwebs from my eyes.
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We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier than everybody else!
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath