Zakk Wylde Quotes

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Zakk Wylde

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 14, 1967

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

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

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

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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.

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Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you're going to pay me for this!

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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.

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

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

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

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

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I'm a good Catholic boy.

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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.

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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 Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.

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

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