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Quotes by Musician
"I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation."
"I have no restrictions, no limits, no musical history to live with."
"I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography."
"I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle."
Baby,
"We were sitting on the bus one day and there were 5 of us hanging out. There was only one beer left in the cooler and we actually all took a little cup and split it. It was a pathetic day in a rock and roll when five grown men have to be sitting there sharing a beer."
"There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi."
"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."
"I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football."
"I'm just worried that there's enough beer on the bus. That's the top priority at all times."
Beer,
"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."
"It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan."
"On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest."
"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."
"Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family."
"Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know."
"You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones."
"The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that."
"I think anyone would want to see their favorite band in a small club over a large stadium."
"I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project."
"I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings."
"People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know."
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