Regardless of injuries, we would get onstage, and as soon as we were up there it was like, bam! You were hit with an incredible force. The band came alive on stage like someone had switched us on. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
“Hatred and food were served up in equal proportions at the Connor dining table as he was growing up.” — Bill Ward Copy Share
It's hard to be a hungry young man when you're not hungry anymore. We were very hungry young men when we wrote 'Black Sabbath'… — Bill Ward Copy Share
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. — Bill Ward Copy Share
I don't know about all this 'speed metal' and everything... It's all metal to me. — Bill Ward Copy Share
You can't play a backbeat in Black Sabbath. You can if you want to; it's going to ruin the song. — Bill Ward Copy Share
Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire. — Bill Ward Copy Share
If there's some longevity with Black Sabbath, then I'd like to be a part of it. — Bill Ward Copy Share
I heard about twenty, twenty-four bars of one track - one track - on '13,' and I listened to it, and I just didn't… — Bill Ward Copy Share
I based my tuning on Gene Krupa, Buddy and Joe Morello. I knew how I wanted the drums to sound and we did the… — Bill Ward Copy Share
I found very early on that I lacked the ability to be able to play as a timekeeper. I have a really tough time… — Bill Ward Copy Share
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… — Bill Ward Copy Share
