You have to have passion for what you're doing.

Face your fear Accept your war it is what it is.

Whatever it is you love, and whatever it is that you want to do, that's what you should be doing.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

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.

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.

Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.

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!

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.

There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.

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.

When I went to the University, the medical school was the only place where one could hope to find the means to study life, its nature, its origins, and its ills.

Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself.

VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT.

The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.

Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko

Who knows how fast a second-guess can travel? Who has ever measured the exact speed of regret?

Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good.

Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to do?

True beauty is knowing who you are and what you want and never apologizing for it.

It's too distracting to read about yourself. You want to be perfect and you want everyone to love you, and that's never going to happen.