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Does Zakk Let It Be or Let It Bleed? Read on and find out (© Tim Mosenfelder/Corbis)

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[laughs] "Well, we don't want that! My arm's still hurtin'. Hmmm...I guess...I guess I'm going Stones, man. Exile On Main Street. You've got everything on that. Let It Loose, Tumblin' Dice - the whole thing's amazing. Of course, you've got all that on 'The White Album,' too."

"It's funny - if you asked Ozzy this question, he'd say The Beatles in a heartbeat. He's such a John Lennon guy. And I'm a Paul McCartney guy. I remember looking at pictures of The Beatles with him, and I'd point to John and Paul and say, 'Hey, look, Oz, there's me and you!' [laughs]

"Not to take anything away from Lennon, 'cause he was insanely brilliant. But McCartney? Musicianship-wise and singing-wise? You go from Yesterday to Helter Skelter to Maybe I'm Amazed - that's talent from another planet. Don't get me wrong, I love Lennon, too. But I think if you ask most musicians, they'll tell you McCartney's the man."

And he was known as 'the cute Beatle.'

"You go from Yesterday to Helter Skelter to Maybe I'm Amazed - that's talent from another planet. I think if you ask most musicians, they'll tell you McCartney's the man."

"So there you go. That's why I was the McCartney to Ozzy's Lennon. But hey, don't knock Ringo. Like I said, he had one good ass one him." [laughs]

See, you picked Exile On Main Street as your desert island disc, but it sure sounds like you're more of a Beatles man than a Stones man, Zakk.

"Will you stop? You're killin' me with this! [laughs] The blood clots didn't kill me, the booze didn't kill me, but choosing between The Beatles or The Stones, that just might do me in! [laughs] Give me an easy question. Beatles or The Stones - that's impossible!"

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