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

Ozzy has dyslexia.

It isn’t a band. It’s bigger than a band. It’s a lifestyle.

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.

You never toot your own horn.

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

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.

You’re never going to learn everything.

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

Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you’re going to pay me for...

We know so many people and have extensive connections to families and friends in Louisiana and Mississippi, so this is the least we can do. People should also know that absolutely every penny that we...

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...

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.

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

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

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

My spirit is bent and there’s blood on my hands, the more I’m down, the less I understand.

The tours are campaigns.

We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.

I’m always excited about the fresh stuff.

I was looking at the lyrics, and I just said, ‘Man, this has gotta be Dime’s tune,’ so we just made it Dime’s song and that’s how the video came about, … I think it’s...

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

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...

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

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.

Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.

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

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

The river is a metaphor for life in general, … all the bullshit that you deal with from being a kid growing up. The whole thing’s just about life and death.

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.

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

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...

If it’s a long bus drive after the gig, we’ll listen to music all the time, like the Stones, Neil Young, Elton John. Just mellow stuff.

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.