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
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
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
I’ve been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don’t interest me. – Geezer Butler
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
I like to deal in the reality of life. I’m too old to sing about women and things like that. – Geezer Butler
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
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
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
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
When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant. – Geezer Butler
The ’80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal. – Geezer Butler
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
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
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
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
It doesn’t matter who you vote for. It’s still the same billionaires that run the world. – Geezer Butler
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
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
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
Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I’ve ever met. Son of Sam is a close second. – Geezer Butler
