--- title: "1 Came Alive Quotes By Bill Ward" description: "1 Came Alive quotes by Bill Ward. Plus more from Bill Ward and more Came Alive sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/bill-ward-6313_alive_regardless-of-injuries-we-would-get-onst_1068121.jpg" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/regardless-of-injuries-we-would-get-onstage-and-as-soon-as-we-were-up/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/bill-ward-6313_alive_regardless-of-injuries-we-would-get-onst_1068121.jpg) ## More by Bill Ward > [“Hatred and food were served up in equal proportions at the Connor dining table as he was growing up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/hatred-and-food-were-served-up-in-equal-proportions-at-the-connor/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [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'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/it-s-hard-to-be-a-hungry-young-man-when-you-re-not-hungry-anymore-we/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [Black Sabbath has always been noncompliant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/black-sabbath-has-always-been-noncompliant/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/gene-hoglan-is-one-of-my-friends-and-when-i-watch-him-play-i-m-blown/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [I don't know about all this 'speed metal' and everything... It's all metal to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/i-don-t-know-about-all-this-speed-metal-and-everything-it-s-all-metal/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [I wanna play hard rock. I wanna play loud drums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/i-wanna-play-hard-rock-i-wanna-play-loud-drums/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [You can't play a backbeat in Black Sabbath. You can if you want to; it's going to ruin the song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/you-can-t-play-a-backbeat-in-black-sabbath-you-can-if-you-want-to-it/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/ultimately-i-d-say-a-lot-of-my-vocal-influences-are-jazz-based-people/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [If there's some longevity with Black Sabbath, then I'd like to be a part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/if-there-s-some-longevity-with-black-sabbath-then-i-d-like-to-be-a/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [I heard about twenty, twenty-four bars of one track - one track - on '13,' and I listened to it, and I just didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/i-heard-about-twenty-twenty-four-bars-of-one-track-one-track-on-13/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [I based my tuning on Gene Krupa, Buddy and Joe Morello. I knew how I wanted the drums to sound and we did the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/i-based-my-tuning-on-gene-krupa-buddy-and-joe-morello-i-knew-how-i/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [“There can be no greater motivator for evil than a huge sense of injustice!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/there-can-be-no-greater-motivator-for-evil-than-a-huge-sense-of/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [I'm a visionary drummer and I have been for a long, long, long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/i-m-a-visionary-drummer-and-i-have-been-for-a-long-long-long-time/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [I found very early on that I lacked the ability to be able to play as a timekeeper. I have a really tough time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/i-found-very-early-on-that-i-lacked-the-ability-to-be-able-to-play-as/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/when-i-write-there-s-always-an-image-sometimes-a-color-attached-to/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/came-alive/bill-ward/#itemlist", "name": "1 Came Alive Quotes By Bill Ward", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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