Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Bill Ward

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were very aggressive when we played live.

I think that drummers have come a long way, but they haven't forgotten players like Gene Krupa, or the other jazz players.

I love the 'Black Album' because I think it was the beginning of something, primarily. I'd met Metallica, and I'd heard Metallica before that, but when I heard the 'Black Album,' I actually had a response rather like I did with 'Sgt. Pepper.'

I write poems.

I'm so-so on the blastbeat. A couple of my mates play that style. I'm not a huge fan, no - and the only reason for that is because it distracts me from other elements of the dynamics. It's a little overpowering!

I really enjoyed playing drums on 'Born Again.' It was a good feeling about being alive. There was a good energy there about being sober.

I don't play beats. I hate playing beats. I'm an orchestration drummer. I'm a musical drummer.

I don't know about all this 'speed metal' and everything... It's all metal to me.

I've often said that with Black Sabbath you ought to have put a lasso around the sound and pulled it in. That's the best way to record Black Sabbath.

When I think about the lyrics to 'The Wizard,' some people could probably feel that they're laughable. But they actually meant something for us, and we were bold or brave enough to show ourselves from the inside out.

We never made music to fit into anything or to reach a certain audience.

I'm a big fan of DevilDriver and I have been since they first started.

Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire.

If there's some longevity with Black Sabbath, then I'd like to be a part of it.

I get to play what I'm feeling on my solo records, and I get to bang the hell out of a drum kit in Black Sabbath.

I have been blessed with musical visions and the ability to harness them.

In the recovery of my life, I've been taught to be more accountable. Sometimes I fail miserably, but I try every day to be accountable: as a musician, to my wife, to my children, as a father, as a human being.

When I think about Oz, when he was a teenager, I'm just reminded of what an excellent blues voice he had. He had a large voice. When we did the Aynsley Dunbar song 'Warning' and 'Black Sabbath,' his voice is so right. It's really round, and it has that pain from within in his voice.

The way I play the drums, it's becoming tougher as I get older.

When I'm working on new ideas, musically much of what's played is guided by a visual appearance or shape.

I'm a visionary drummer and I have been for a long, long, long time.

In the Sabs we had to remain in this depressing, unreal world. I didn't like all the devilish boohoo that went with it, to tell you the truth. There was manipulation from outside sources that preferred us to be a certain way. Acting up to that, I felt quite dishonest.

When I had the heart attack, it was pretty depressing. I was really angry. I just couldn't find anything to feel good about.

I would never, ever, ever commit to taking on any type of live commitment, or studio commitment, if I knew there was something going on inside of me which could stop me from doing it.

I have no choice but to be transparent. I have to be, in order for me to live.

The great thing about being a great band is that it takes risks.

When you love somebody, and they start saying things that are not true and really hurt, you have to remove the love.

I don't think previously strong relationships can remain strong after dispute by just sweeping the offensive stuff under the carpet, or by saying a puny sorry, or 'oh, that's all over now.' It doesn't work like that for me.

When I write, there's always an image, sometimes a color attached to what's being created.

I am honest about who I am, where I am and what I think.

For our many Sabbath fans, I love you all dearly. You are extremely special people.

I have an open mind, and I try to be critical of none of the bands, even if something's not to my personal taste. After all, somebody worked really hard on that music.

I love ghosts - I'm a ghost person and have been most of my life.

Every day, I write. I have a writing period - it's usually in the morning - or I'm writing songs.

Metallica's 'black' album, when I heard that and I heard Lars' playing, and I just was, like, you know, 'Wow! Something really neat's been accomplished here.'

As far as I'm concerned, the book's never closed with Sabbath!

Black Sabbath has always been noncompliant.

If you want to strive toward something, just listen to John Bonham.

I'm hoping I can get in a position where I'm self-supporting from my own work.

I always like to write something that will paint a cynical picture, but provide hope at the same time; I like to do that with my writing, even in the worst of times.

All the things that we had initiated in the first few albums still existed on 'Technical Ecstasy.' The band had not lost any of its vitality.

I had a lot of teachers. When I think about my upbringing I feel like the most fortunate person. It was a marvellous era for drummers.

Those chords on 'You Won't Change Me' are huge.

I... remember taking all kinds of risks and at the time being oblivious to danger and really thinking back then how I could really do anything that I wanted.

I made the decision back in 1984 to never play with Black Sabbath unless it was the original line-up. And I stuck to it for quite a long time. A lot of that was about honoring Ozzy.

Without the jazz influence, the Black Sabbath drumming would be very different.

I love Black Sabbath's music.

When I listen to our first album now, I can hear the purity of the oneness of leaving all earthly things aside to come together and create something. It's quite marvelous.

Black Sabbath questioned a lot of things.

Since my early childhood, I've played drums in visuals as well as sound.

I found very early on that I lacked the ability to be able to play as a timekeeper. I have a really tough time even thinking in those terms.

Everything I write tends to come from my own personal experiences, or from people close to me that I'm singing about.

I'm so loyal to Black Sabbath, and I would never, ever, ever, under any circumstances, go into a situation with them under false pretenses.

I don't like misleading people, and I like to be honest and transparent.

When I write, there's always an image, sometimes a color attached to what's being created. I am delighted with the captured expressions - from my head and my heart. Their arrival onto canvas is beautiful.

I based my tuning on Gene Krupa, Buddy and Joe Morello. I knew how I wanted the drums to sound and we did the best we could with a beat up Ludwig kit. I spent a lot of time around drummers learning how to get sound. I knew the sound I was after and what would work for what we were playing.

I actually like a lot of Motorhead records.

I wanna play hard rock. I wanna play loud drums.

Gene Hoglan is one of my friends, and when I watch him play, I'm blown away; I can't believe what his body can do.

I don't want to do death any more. I don't want to do doom and gloom. I want to do life and love.