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Even when I played sports when I was little, I played to win. Otherwise, what's the point of putting the pads on and going to practice? I don't understand.

Zakk Wylde

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Zakk Wylde
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 14
Banjoist
Classical Guitarist
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Radio Personality
Singer
Bayonne
New Jersey
Jeffery Phillip Wiedlandt
Jeffery Wiedlandt
Zachary Phillip Wylde
Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt
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I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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I have sold my soul. Just sign right here.
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As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.
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Another Black Label motto. That's what I think life is. It's just another bridge to cross. You ask no questions. Whatever work it is you gotta do, you gotta go over it, under it, through it, around it, to do it.
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There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.
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Whatever it is you love, and whatever it is that you want to do, that's what you should be doing.
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You're never going to learn everything.
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One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months.
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Live, it's just the free flow and the energy and the excitement. It's a one-off and you have that adrenaline for an hour and a half.
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You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.
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