I never try and sound like Sabbath.
When I'm writing with Tony Iommi, for example, still it's very easy. We go in, and I know exactly what his style is. It's very distinctive, and you know exactly what he's looking for, and we know exactly where we're going from the first chord.
We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there's no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any band I've ever been in, or anyone I've ever worked with.
I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock.
As far as people, I've always loved Tony Iommi's sound, just the grittiness that was in that era of metal where it wasn't too fuzzy, and you could still hear the guitar and the fingers, but it still had this chunky, meat-and-potatoes sound to it.
'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath is such a delicate song from such a surprising place.
Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!
I think it would be fun to play a young Ozzy Osbourne in a movie about the formation of Black Sabbath.
There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.
During our first meeting, Tony Iommi was a great jazz guitarist, his capabilities cover all styles - Black Sabbath has even narrowed his horizons.
I never planned to join Black Sabbath - it just happened. It was back in 1979 when they were celebrating their 10th anniversary.
