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"I would not want to write something about something I do not think about."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

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"I would not want to write something about something I do not think about."

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"Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it."

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