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  • 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.

    Black   Strange   Young  
  • 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.

    Jobs   School   College  
  • Eddie Van Halen was probably the most influential.

  • The feeling you get from playing to a good audience is hard to describe without sounding as though you are talking silly. But reaction is important. You might feel in yourself that you're doing it ok but it's when you get the live reaction that you know you're doing it right.

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

  • Like most things that happen with Sabbath, it happened all of a sudden. I was intending on doing some recording, but out of the blue, Sharon called up and said she wanted us to do these gigs with Ozzy. I said that if everybody else was up to it then I would love to do it.

    Blue   Gigs   Said  
  • Yeah, I was with Jethro Tull for three weeks, so what?

    Music   Three   Band  
  • 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.

    Past   Way   Causes  
  • I didn't follow any rules at all. I made my own.

    Made   My Own  
    Tony Iommi (2012). “Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath”, p.28, Da Capo Press
  • My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.

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

    Believe   Goal   And Love  
  • I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honoured. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it.

    Nice   Rap   Artist  
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