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" I don't think it's ever changed, whether its Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses or anyone today, the reason why you get into music is because you love it, and if you're good at it, that's a plus. "

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" 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. "

Zakk Wylde

Colors

Black And White

Society

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Zakk Wylde

Never

Process

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

" You never toot your own horn. "

" 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. "

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

" You're never going to learn everything. "

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

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

" For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage. "

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

Zakk Wylde

Playing

Myself

" I'm a good Catholic boy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Ozzy has dyslexia. "

Zakk Wylde

Ozzy

Dyslexia

" 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 screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage. "

Zakk Wylde

Because

Knee

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

" I'm excited to join my brother-in-law Ken Thomson every Tuesday night on SiriusXM to recap all of the awesome NFL action, and to find out what in the Wylde world of sports is going on. "

" I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out. "

" 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. "