As far as drummers are concerned, when I was a child growing up I was really attracted to artists like Gene Kupra and Louis Bellson and Buddy Rich; a lot of the drummers that played in the popular big bands… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I don't know about all this 'speed metal' and everything... It's all metal to me. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
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 Image
Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
If there's some longevity with Black Sabbath, then I'd like to be a part of it. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“There can be no greater motivator for evil than a huge sense of injustice!” — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
