It Has Always Been My Goal To

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.

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.

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.

In The Past, I'd Sort Of Know Before Ozzy Sang Something, What He Was Going To Sing. I'd Know What Sort Of Way A Melody Was Going To Go 'cause Of The Way He'd Approach It.

Eddie Van Halen Was Probably The Most Influential.