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If that's the only thing that's stopping war then thank God for the bomb.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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It had a huge impact on me, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – and I was very proud when I found out that Kurt Cobain was a fan of mine. I thought he was awesome.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I push this one button and the shower goes on and I think, where the fuck am I?
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead. I have never had an empty seat. I've always sold out, so who's saying it's all over?
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I would lock myself in my room and drink a case of Corona and smoke a load of pot.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I'll buy myself some plastic water, I should have married Lennon's daughter.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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Being in Birmingham, I thought I was going to be a gangster or a bag-runner or a thief. I heard music and I was determined to get out of there.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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hugging Sharon Merry xmas....now fuck off.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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He protected his feelings in walls he imagined, but castles crumble exposing the frightened child.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I'd rather see twenty thousand smiling faces than twenty thousand crying people.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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But the thing with us was, we didn’t really need anyone to make us world famous – we were already halfway there.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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...as you'll know, the word 'fuck' sort of is used quite a lot in my house. Now, that's not to say, I think to say 'fuck this' or 'fuck you' a lot more, so it should be entered into the English language, because it has a lot more impact when you say, 'I fucking hate this thing.'
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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The Jesus freaks were the worst. While the ‘Suicide Solution’ case was going through the courts they followed me around everywhere. They would picket my shows with signs that read, ‘The Anti-Christ Is Here’. And they’d always be chanting: ‘Put Satan behind you! Put Jesus in front of you!’ One time, I made my own sign – a smiley face with the words ‘Have a Nice Day’ – and went out and joined them. They didn’t even notice. Then, just as the gig was about to start, I put down the sign, said, ‘See ya, guys,’ and went back to my dressing room.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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Execution halts your breath, helter skelter spiral death. Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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Where do I live?
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I went vegetarian when I was about… 8 years old. One day I cut this piece of meat open and blood came out of it, and I realized, I asked my mother, 'Where did this come from?,' and she said, 'From animals,' and that was it.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
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I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow and I can't relive yesterday but I live in the moment if I can.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I never thought I could write anything or do a show sober, ever. But I did the Black Sabbath shows sober, and it was so much better fun for me, and everybody.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I hyperventilate opening a box of chocolates. I'm the most nervous guy in the world, a frightened little man on red alert from when I wake until I go to sleep. I was born with fear.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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It's totally produced now. It's almost like a conveyor belt of what metal's supposed to be like these days. It's not music to me.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
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Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
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My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.
Tony Iommi Black Sabbath
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What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath
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I grew up having to piss in a bucket ’cos there was no indoor shitter, and now I have these computerised Japanese super-loo things that have heated seats and wash and blow-dry your arse at the touch of a button. Give it a couple of years and I’ll have a bog with a robot arm that pulls out my turds, so I don’t have to strain.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
