Eddie Van Halen was probably the most influential.

Yeah, I was with Jethro Tull for three weeks, so what?

It has always been my goal to believe in what I do and love what I do and be true to that.

I didn't follow any rules at all. I made my own.

I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did - get a job.

Learn 2 chords and then get a good lawyer before learning the 3rd.

For me, I've never talked about my private life. It's always been about Black Sabbath. It's strange to open up and talk about me as a young lad, my relationships, marriages and what not.

In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.

They sounded really professional because they had two Vox AC 30 amplifiers. I also had an AC 30, so when you looked at it, three AC 30s, three Fenders - bloody hell, it must be a great band!

Dreams are for doers.

There is no limit to what you can do, when you focus on your strength.

I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to die.

Mistakes are their own instructors

Twitter is the world.

You can tell when you watch a movie, usually, what the actors' experience was on the movie, because even the smallest of roles were interesting.

The neo-cons constitute a radical reactionary fringe of the planning spectrum, but the spectrum is narrow.

Every one excels in something in which another fails.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Healthy respect for yourself.