Ozzy Osbourne Quotes & Sayings

Black illusion is all I ever see. — Ozzy Osbourne

The rest of the guys in Sabbath became boring old farts, and there I was, this crazy guy, still into wrecking hotel rooms and having parties. — Ozzy Osbourne

Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting. — Ozzy Osbourne

If you don't know what sex is before you're 21 you're going to have a problem and should go to your psychiatrist. — Ozzy Osbourne

Everybody's having fun, except me I'm the lonely one I live in shame. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'd like to sing songs that are mellower. I don't want to be screaming when I'm 60. — Ozzy Osbourne

The bike went up in the air and landed on my back. It broke my neck, smashed my collarbone and splinters of bone severed my main artery. My lung filled up with blood. I severed my nerves and to this day I have no feeling there. — Ozzy Osbourne

Weather in Afghanistan, 2000 degrees and cloudy. What the f-ck am I doing? I'm stuck on the weather channel. AHHH! — Ozzy Osbourne

My father always said I would do something big one day.'I've got a feeling about you, John Osbourne,' he'd tell me, after he'd had a few beers.'You're either going to do something very special, or you're going to go to prison.'
And he was right, my old man.

I was in prison before my eighteenth birthday. — Ozzy Osbourne

Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note! — Ozzy Osbourne

Mental wounds not healing, who and what's to blame. I'm going off the rails on a crazy train. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

You're chasing the dragon, you're chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who's still trying to fly. — Ozzy Osbourne

There are some singers that have great technique and then there are those that have a certain quality or style in their voice. Some have both, like Freddie Mercury, but to me, I prefer style over technique. — Ozzy Osbourne

Thank God for the bomb. Nuke ya, nuke ya. — Ozzy Osbourne

It would be fair to say that the coppers in Amersham jail didn't take much of a shine to me. My little dance, my little ego, it didn't do me any favours in there. I wasn't the bat-biting, Alamo-pissing, 'Crazy Train'-singing rock'n'roll hero. All that celebrity shit counts for nothing with the Thames Valley Police. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy is a powerful and attractive man. When I grow up I want to be Ozzy. — Ozzy Osbourne

I have no faith in my ability to judge things. — Ozzy Osbourne

You can't kill Rock 'n' Roll. It's here to stay — Ozzy Osbourne

The fact that I ever raised my hand against a woman disgusts me. It was a f**king atrocious, unforgivable way to behave, and there's no excuse for it, ever. And like I said before, it's something I'll take to the grave with me. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I've made a career out of it now. — Ozzy Osbourne

There are no uncriminal crimes. — Ozzy Osbourne

Execution halts your breath, helter skelter spiral death. — Ozzy Osbourne

I would lock myself in my room and drink a case of Corona and smoke a load of pot. — Ozzy Osbourne

I don't know whose brilliant idea that was, but it wasn't mine, that's for sure. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

A foolish picture I live in disgust, degradation being eaten by lust. — Ozzy Osbourne

People say to me, you have not got stage fright. And if I haven't got stage fright, then I'm going to be comfortable within myself, and then something - I've always been that way and so I'm fighting to get away from that fear. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'd rather see twenty thousand smiling faces than twenty thousand crying people. — Ozzy Osbourne

Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace. — Ozzy Osbourne

I tried heroin once and I didn't like it. It frightened me. — Ozzy Osbourne

Everything that I think is good is bad, and everything that I think is bad is good. — Ozzy Osbourne

Tony Iommi - the undisputed king of demonic heavy rock riffs. In this area, no one had never surpassed him. — Ozzy Osbourne

The road to nowhere leads to me. — Ozzy Osbourne

Conceived in anger, addicted to hate, the mutant child of a twisted state. — Ozzy Osbourne

I feel joy when I do a great show. — Ozzy Osbourne

You can never take the violence back. — Ozzy Osbourne

That was the end of it.
Lights out.
For ever. — Ozzy Osbourne

There are no impossible dreams. — Ozzy Osbourne

Still, one of the few good things about being dyslexic is that when I say I don't read reviews, I mean I don't read reviews. — Ozzy Osbourne

They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'll only retire in the day I should be dead and they have me buried, and some idiot spell over my casket some stupid gospel stuff. — Ozzy Osbourne

Voices in the darkness scream away my mental health, can I ask a question to help me save me from myself? — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

Rock and roll is my religion. — Ozzy Osbourne

I used to smoke cigarettes, smoke dope, do smack, every f - - thing. First, I couldn't function without it. Then I couldn't do anything with or without it. Then I thought, "This is the end of the line for my fun days." — Ozzy Osbourne

They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don't teach you a thing about death. There's no book telling you what to do when your mum or dad dies. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

I'm out doing my deal, I'm turning people on. What's wrong with taking people away from their everyday mundane situation and having a good, fun night for an hour and a half at a rock'n'roll scene? — Ozzy Osbourne

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them. — Ozzy Osbourne

My son Jack just got out of rehab, he's 17 years old and he got hooked on Oxycontin and I'm just a little pissed off that he never gave me a few. — Ozzy Osbourne

Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus. — Ozzy Osbourne

I was never good at sports. I was never good at exams, because they didn't understand dyslexia. — Ozzy Osbourne

I didn't really like the taste of booze. I liked the effect it did on me. But I can't say I savored a glass full of Chablis Chablis 1932. I drank whatever s - - was in front of me and got me buzzed. — Ozzy Osbourne

We were very pleased to have the opportunity to come to Israel and visit the holy sites in the Old City. — Ozzy Osbourne

Jesus Christ was the original rock'n'roll star. He gave people reasons to live in the rut they were living in. He was the first man to say, "You don't have to have human sacrifices, 'cause human sacrifices hurt somebody, you know?" Just believe in the spirit that is within you. — Ozzy Osbourne

In those days, if you wanted a new car or a holiday, you'd phone up the office and they'd send you some cash. You never had a bank account. I don't know anyone from the music business in the Seventies that it didn't happen to. — Ozzy Osbourne

You've got to try and take things to the next level, or you'll just get stuck in a rut. — Ozzy Osbourne

Every shopaholic needs an accomplice. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'll always be an outrageous character. — Ozzy Osbourne

I remember saying to Tony [Iommi], 'Did you hear how heavy that Led Zeppelin album sounded?'
Without missing a beat, he replied, 'We'll be heavier.' — Ozzy Osbourne

All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the Nineties. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music? — Ozzy Osbourne

Your bullshit culture licking can't stop the death watch ticking. — Ozzy Osbourne

I can't change the past, but I can try to make a better future for me ... — Ozzy Osbourne

Yes, I did bite the head off of a dove. Yes, I did bite the head off of a bat. It's a stupid thing to do, but I did it. — Ozzy Osbourne

And I never missed one concert. In 89 shows, I think I did one a bit suspect show. In the old days, I'd pull gigs left, right and center because I was too f - - up. — Ozzy Osbourne

I didn't think anything we did was spectacular. I remember we thought, Let's just write some scary music. — Ozzy Osbourne

Occasionally, I go off the rails. I once nearly killed somebody once - it wasn't funny. I am a lunatic. The pressure of work, the pressure - everyone has a stop valve, and I don't have one. — Ozzy Osbourne

You learn who your friends are when the shit hits the fan. — Ozzy Osbourne

I suppose there's a lot of people that've got a better life than me. But I don't know, I feel very fortunate and very blessed. — Ozzy Osbourne

Did you know that the percentage of young people in the crucial 'youthquake' age bracket of 15 to 24 was higher in 1973 than in 1967 ? Therefore it was glam rock that ended the war in Vietnam. — Ozzy Osbourne

I never received any encouragement. My father would work nights and my mother would work during the day. We were expected to get a job with a trade. — Ozzy Osbourne

When you get to 60, the word "retirement" comes in on every conversation. — Ozzy Osbourne

I don't forget what I used to do and so I can't justifiably say to my kid, "Don't you do that," when I used to do it myself. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm a nice guy, you know.
It's hard work to be an asshole. — Ozzy Osbourne

The power of people, when they focus on something positive, never fails to amaze me. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

People think I'm crazy, but I'm in demand. — Ozzy Osbourne

The introduction of heartache began as a child. — Ozzy Osbourne

Evil thoughts and evil doing, cold, alone, you hang in ruins. — Ozzy Osbourne

As far as we were concerned, we were just a blues band that had decided to write some scary music. — Ozzy Osbourne

A Christian man is a man who is within himself, who puts out good vibes. — Ozzy Osbourne

There are no indisputable truths. — Ozzy Osbourne

'Someone's gonna die before this is over,' I said to Doc McGhee. [...]
'I don't think someone's gonna die, Ozzy. I think we're all gonna die.' — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me." — Ozzy Osbourne

Nobody ever told me, I found out for myself, you got to believe in foolish miracles. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

A lot of people came up to me that night and asked, 'How come you and Sharon have stayed together all this time?' My answer was the same then as it is now: I've never stopped telling my wife that I love her; I've never stopped taking her out for dinner; I've never stopped surprising her with little gifts. — Ozzy Osbourne

Love and peace to everyone. May your God go with you. — Ozzy Osbourne

It was such an amazing time for music in the Sixties. When popular music hit me, it was like magic was in the air. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm about caring, I'm about people, and I'm about entertaining people. I'm a family man. A husband. A father. I've been a lot of other things over the years, which we don't really want to talk about. — Ozzy Osbourne

If that's the only thing that's stopping war then thank God for the bomb. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm like a junky without an addiction. — Ozzy Osbourne

There is something f-king unbelievable about seeing all of the fans go crazy and chanting 'Ozzy!' I would pay to see them.. — Ozzy Osbourne

I once had a dream about getting a marriage, house in the country, and at the end of the day we'd retire, but I'm never going to retire. — Ozzy Osbourne

My heart stopped twice. They had to stab me to drain the blood from my lungs because I was drowning in my own blood. — Ozzy Osbourne

It was one of the greatest experiences of my life to meet Paul McCartney. It was phenomenal. — Ozzy Osbourne

Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years! — Ozzy Osbourne