Geezer butler

To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.

I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.

I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started.

I like to deal in the reality of life. I'm too old to sing about women and things like that.

I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now.

If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.

I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.

Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.

It's totally produced now. It's almost like a conveyor belt of what metal's supposed to be like these days. It's not music to me.

If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling.