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" Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas. "

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" You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it 'Heaven and Hell' right from the beginning. Because you listen to that 'Heaven and Hell' album, that doesn't sound anything close to Black Sabbath. "

Zakk Wylde

Heaven

Hell

Black

" It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle. "

" We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest. "

" Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib. "

" You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you. "

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

" With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal. "

" 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. "

Zakk Wylde

Sorry

Everything

" If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm just worried that there's enough beer on the bus. That's the top priority at all times. "

" All my writing, I always do it in the studio, 'cause everything sounds good. The piano's there, the keyboards; if you want to put strings on something... And everything sounds good when it's in the cans; it sounds killer. "

" I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old. "

Zakk Wylde

Never

Process

" The way I look at it you can always get better. "

" It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan. "

" I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football. "

Zakk Wylde

Playing

Myself

" Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family. "

" On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest. "

" The tours are campaigns. "

Zakk Wylde

Campaigns

Tours

" Another Black Label motto. That's what I think life is. It's just another bridge to cross. You ask no questions. Whatever work it is you gotta do, you gotta go over it, under it, through it, around it, to do it. "

" As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House. "

" 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 somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot. "

Zakk Wylde

Say

Somebody

" You have to pay attention, like with tours and expenses; you have to factor that all in. You want to play music for the rest of your life, you have to pay attention to all the things. You want to know what's always going on. "

" Ozzy has dyslexia. "

Zakk Wylde

Ozzy

Dyslexia

" Great musicians, you don't just hear them, you feel them. When I listen to Randy Rhoads, I feel every note. I learned a lot from him. "

" One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months. "

" Without a doubt, even when I play with Black Label, when we have different guys I play with, everyone always brings their own magic, their own flavor to the soup, hands down. "

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