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Ozzy has dyslexia.
The tours are campaigns.
I'm a good Catholic boy.
You never toot your own horn.
Every day you try to get better.
I'm blessed to be able to do what I do.
You're never going to learn everything.
I have sold my soul. Just sign right here.
You have to have passion for what you're doing.
Face your fear Accept your war it is what it is.
There are no rules in the entertainment business.
I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.
Since day one my thing has always been to play the music
We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.
Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.
It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle
It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.
If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot
If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.
I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
I knew that I was going to dedicate my life to music and that was it.
Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you.
Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.
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.
It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan
It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.
I'm just worried that there's enough beer on the bus. That's the top priority at all times.
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.
If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.
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.
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.
Great musicians, you don't just hear them, you feel them. When I listen to Randy Rhoads, I feel every note. I learned a lot from him.
I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.
It'll leave you feeling hollow and helpless, and there is where you'll stay. Ain't it funny child, love sometimes leaves you as dead as yesterday.
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.
If you bleed Black Label and you're going to be a man, you gotta get up there and do what you gotta do every day, relentless and as tired as you can be.
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.
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.
That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
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!
Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.
Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.