We have not come [here] for fame

People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.

A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without.

I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started

I own the night...the heat's my receipt.

Some things can’t be ignored. You can only conquer your past if you choose to face it.

The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in.

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.

Who would have guessed that the shots heard 'round the world 225 years ago would fall on deaf ears in a nation now more sympathetic to the gun-grabbing Redcoat than the gun-bearing rebel?

When your friends have done right by you, you do right by them.