Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

I listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, "Where was my head at when I wrote that?"

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• I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.

  

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• When the doors of perception are cleansed, men will see things as they truly are, infinite.

  

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• I listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, "Where was my head at when I wrote that?"

  

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