Zakk Wylde Quotes

“You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you.”

“Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.”

“You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.”

“I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old.”

“Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.”

“You're never going to learn everything.”

“The way I look at it you can always get better.”

“You never toot your own horn.”

“If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.”

“The tours are campaigns.”

“It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.”

“Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.”

“For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?”

“If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.”

“There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.”

“As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.”

“I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.”

“I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.”

“Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.”

“I'm a good Catholic boy.”