It Has Always Been My Goal To

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yeah, I Was With Jethro Tull For Three Weeks, So What?