Another Black Label motto. That’s what I think life is. It’s just another bridge to cross. You ask no questions. Whatever work it is you gotta do, you gotta go over it, under it, through it, around it, to do it.
If you have passion for what you want to do and that’s what you want to do, you’ve just got to bust your balls and go for it if you want to play music.
Face your fear. Accept your war. It is what it is.
You have to have passion for anything you do. Whether it’s sports, whether it’s music, whether you want to be Mother Theresa, you have to have passion for what it is you do, or what’s the point in getting up in the morning and getting out of bed?
Whatever it is you love, and whatever it is that you want to do, that’s what you should be doing.
Any guy that’s not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don’t want to know.
You’ve got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you’ve got the real musicians that just love playing music.
The one thing about the music business is that there is no rulebook. It’s not like the NFL or something where there’s four downs to get ten yards or baseball where it’s three strikes and you’re out.
Every night I get up on stage, I love it. I never get like, ‘Oh, I’m bored, I want to go home.’ I never, ever get like that.
Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
There are no rules in the entertainment business.
Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you’re going to pay me for this!
There’s only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.
As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.
I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don’t even get 15 minutes of fame, it’s like a minute and a half.
You have to have passion for what you’re doing.
I knew that I was going to dedicate my life to music and that was it...
I’m blessed to be able to do what I do.
Even when I played sports when I was little, I played to win. Otherwise, what’s the point of putting the pads on and going to practice? I don’t understand.
Live, it’s just the free flow and the energy and the excitement. It’s a one-off and you have that adrenaline for an hour and a half.