Ozzy Osbourne Quotes
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To be a parent, especially to rock & roll kids, I think being a parent is the most difficult job on the face of the earth. You hate to say things that will upset your kids, but then sometimes you have to because you can't let them run around wild.
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In the Seventies I was so scared I wouldn't go on stage.
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The power of people, when they focus on something positive, never fails to amaze me.
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I wanted to be the fifth Beatle.
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Hating people isn’t a productive way of living. So what’s the point in hating anyone? There’s enough hate in the world as it is, without me adding to it.
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Evil thoughts and evil doing, cold, alone, you hang in ruins.
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I love my wife. We've had a few slings and arrows across the room, but I'm not prepared to give in, you know? People say she saved my life, but at the same time, I saved her life, as well, I think. She's a great mother, she's a great wife, she's a great worker, she's a great manager. She's just great.
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I believe in what I do. I mean, I don't go out - I don't have the clothes or drink anymore, I don't do drugs or any of that. I used to. But I got very ready to get me out of the house.
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I know that I'm here – I believe that I'm here for a purpose. I believe in forces of fate.
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It was such an amazing time for music in the Sixties. When popular music hit me, it was like magic was in the air.
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How can you go on stage and shout 'Yeah! Rock'n'roll forever!' and then go to bed at 10 o'clock with a nightcap on, a candle in your hand and a Bible under your arm?
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The road to nowhere leads to me.
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Voices in the darkness scream away my mental health, can I ask a question to help me save me from myself?
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I'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me."
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We're going off the rails on a crazy train.
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Black illusion is all I ever see.
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There are no unachievable goals.
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We were always told we were one step behind Deep Purple, one step behind Led Zeppelin, one step behind everybody. Our manager didn't want to let us know how popular we were. It's only after we did Ozzfest that people started telling me stuff. I thought they were taking the piss. People would come up to me and go, "Respect."
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I can't change the past, but I can try to make a better future for me.
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It [retirement] was absolutely boring. You can't go and say, 'I'm retired now. That's it!' It won't take long and you're really gone for good and someone throws the last shovel of dirt on a coffin with your name on it. That's the moment you're really retiring - when you die.
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The birth of a doubt that was once your belief is drowning in the tears that you cry.
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Drugs and alcohol were ruling my life. I made a lot of bad decisions while I was drinking alcohol. The first thing I stopped was cigarettes and tobacco.
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I open the door for old ladies, I help old ladies across the road. I do a show for leukemia every year, but I don't broadcast that because it's against my image.
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With my recovery programme, I have to do a daily inventory of how my day has been. I am terribly dyslexic and have attention deficit disorder, so I have to carry a tape recorder everywhere I go.