ZW: That's good, that's what he should be on. You know, when you're taking ten different things it's got to be weird. Every doctor thinks they can do it better than the other doctor. "Oh, he's got you on that? Why don't you try some of this?" It's like, do you even know what the f**k you're giving me?
SW: There's a new Ozzy album tentatively scheduled to come out in 2004.
ZW: Like I said, that's Ozzy's call. And it's a matter of cramming it into his schedule. Ozzy records aren't like Black Label records, where we just go in and 60 days later, there's the album. With Ozzy, the process takes a bit longer, because Ozz will really like something one day and then he'll say, "Oh, I don't like this f**king crap" the next. It's just a matter of Ozzy being happy with what he hears.
SW: How much of a writing influence will you have on this next album?
ZW: You never know. If Ozz just wants me to play guitar on it like on Down To Earth, I'm fine with that too. So, whatever he wants to do. Ozzy always said that we never did an album that really followed up No More Tears. But then again, that was then and this is now. You can't go back in time. But I'd really like to throw in some heavier shit.
SW: You don't have any nice things to say about Dave Grohl. Have you two crossed paths at all?
ZW: Nah. I don't think Dave knows who the f**k I am anyways. [laughs] "Zakk who? Oh, eh, whatever."
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