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

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" Ozzy has dyslexia. "

" The tours are campaigns. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" You're never going to learn everything. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

Black And White

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Since day one my thing has always been to play the music. "

" You never toot your own horn. "

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