Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his farewell in 1992 and that got the ball rolling.
- Geezer Butler
Back, Been, Couple, Farewell
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.
- Geezer Butler
Poison, Metal, About, Backstreet
What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence.
- Geezer Butler
Play, Want, Before, Jack
Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.
- Geezer Butler
Players, Saw, Cream, Jack
Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second.
- Geezer Butler
Son, Person, Ever, Craziest
We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier than everybody else!
- Geezer Butler
Like, Everybody, Cream, Hendrix
Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.
- Geezer Butler
Death, Rehearsal, Sabbath, Knocking
Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!
- Geezer Butler
Love, Listening, Some, Lately
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.
- Geezer Butler
Love, Soccer, Play, Bloody
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.
- Geezer Butler
Like, Conveyor, Almost, Produced
It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world.
- Geezer Butler
Same, Still, Billionaires, Vote
The Geezer album, Black Science, had a lot of keyboards and it did not work.
- Geezer Butler
Work, Album, Lot, Keyboards
If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling.
- Geezer Butler
Feeling, Things, Too, Loses
The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.
- Geezer Butler
Metal, Had, Period, Calling
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.
- Geezer Butler
Always, Took, Sabbath, Blues
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.
- Geezer Butler
Feel, Still, Handful, Meaningless
Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.
- Geezer Butler
Everybody, Studio, Sabbath, Walked
I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started.
- Geezer Butler
Never, Bass, Sabbath, Picked
I've been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don't interest me.
- Geezer Butler
Years, Been, Perfectly, Nice Life
To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge.
- Geezer Butler
Always, Still, Sabbath, Finish
When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant.
- Geezer Butler
See, Relevant, Makes, Influences
It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me.
- Geezer Butler
Bigger, Crowd, Like, Bands
I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.
- Geezer Butler
Sabbath, Albums, Frustrated, Direction
I never try and sound like Sabbath.
- Geezer Butler
Never, Sound, Like, Sabbath
However long the song is was how long it took us to write it.
- Geezer Butler
Song, How, Took, However
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