Zakk Wylde
Zakk Wylde
Zakk Wyldeis an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor who is best known as the former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, and founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. His signature bulls-eye design appears on many of his guitars and is widely recognized. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist he released Book of Shadows and Book of Shadows II...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth14 January 1967
CityBayonne, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
There are no rules in the entertainment business.
I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.
You never toot your own horn.
Every night I get up on stage, I love it. I never get like, 'Oh, I'm bored, I want to go home.' I never, ever get like that.
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.
You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.
Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you're going to pay me for this!
That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
If you have passion for what you want to do and that's what you want to do, you've just got to bust your balls and go for it if you want to play music.
Face your fear Accept your war it is what it is.
Whatever it is you love, and whatever it is that you want to do, that's what you should be doing.
The work these brave men and women do is extremely important, not only to our nation but to all the countries that our troops are stationed at around the world. I am grateful to the USO for having us and to all the troops who shared their day with us.