Zakk Wylde quotes
For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.
I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old.
We were sitting on the bus one day and there were 5 of us hanging out. There was only one beer left in the cooler and we actually all took a little cup and split it. It was a pathetic day in a rock and roll when five grown men have to be sitting there sharing a beer.
Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
If you bleed Black Label and you're going to be a man, you gotta get up there and do what you gotta do every day, relentless and as tired as you can be.
As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.
Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.
I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
Another Black Label motto. That's what I think life is. It's just another bridge to cross. You ask no questions. Whatever work it is you gotta do, you gotta go over it, under it, through it, around it, to do it.
One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months.
There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.
You have to pay attention, like with tours and expenses; you have to factor that all in. You want to play music for the rest of your life, you have to pay attention to all the things. You want to know what's always going on.
It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.