Quotes by Zakk Wylde

About Zakk Wylde:

Zakk Wylde is an American musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor who is best known as the former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, and founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. His signature bulls-eye design appears on many of his guitars and is widely recognized. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist he released Book of Shadows in 1996.
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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 ther...

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You're never going to learn everything.

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You never toot your own horn.

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

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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.

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On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.

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It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.

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

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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.

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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.

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I'm just worried that there's enough beer on the bus. That's the top priority at all times.

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

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

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

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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.

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If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marsha...

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Without a doubt, even when I play with Black Label, when we have different guys I play with, everyone always brings their own magic, their own flavor to the soup, hands down.

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You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it 'Heaven and Hell' right from the beginning. Because you listen to that 'Heaven and Hell' album, that doesn't sound anything close to ...

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We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.

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

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameZakk Wylde
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornJanuary 14, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Banjoist; Musician