BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi - "I Think My Illness, In One Way, Has Helped Everybody, Because It's Brought The Reality Of You Really Don't Know How Long This Is Going To Last"
August 20, 2013, 11 years ago
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi spoke with Jim Harrington from San Jose Mercury News recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
On the absence of drummer Bill Ward on Sabbath's new album 13: "It would've been nice to have had Bill involved," Iommi says. "But we waited long enough for Bill, and what can we do? We can't make him do it. It was his decision. It was sad."
On 13: "We haven't done this album just to do one, because we didn't need to do one. We wanted to do one for ourselves. I think it holds up. We love all the stuff we've done (on the album). That's the only way we could do it. Everybody had to be 100 percent into it and really want to do this album. Everybody had to be on the same page."
On battling cancer: "My whole life has changed. My attitude has changed toward everything. Life becomes a lot more precious. I appreciate when we've got the opportunity to get together and be onstage and play and do what I like to do. I think my illness, in one way, has helped everybody, because it's brought the reality of you really don't know how long this is going to last. It was easy to take things for granted before. I think everyone now appreciates what we've got and what we get to do."
Read more at San Jose Mercury News.
