Ozzy Osbourne quotes

Ozzy Osbourne is a legendary British singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. His distinctive voice and eccentric stage presence made him an icon in the rock and metal scenes. He continues to influence generations of musicians and fans around the world. Here are 142 of his quotes:

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

My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk.

Ozzy Osbourne

What is the world coming to?

Ozzy Osbourne

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

Ozzy Osbourne

I am a raging alcoholic, but I don't want my kids to do the same.

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

People say it's hard at the top, but it's even harder at the bottom.

Ozzy Osbourne

You've got to believe in yourself Or no one will believe in you Imagination like a bird on the wing Flying free for you to use.

Ozzy Osbourne

I've had every known chemical--cocaine, booze--and tobacco is the hardest one in the world for me to quit. You watch old flicks? It's suggestion by looking at something: You see a cigarette, and it makes you want to smoke!

Ozzy Osbourne

When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things. I did it (the O-Z-Z-Y tattoo across his knuckles) when I was 14. I was in jail for something. I could have had it removed, but why? It's my trademark. People stop me and say, 'Let me have a look at your hand.

Ozzy Osbourne

There is something fucking unbelievable about seeing all of the fans go crazy and chanting 'Ozzy!

Ozzy Osbourne

I live in a 9 million dollar turd.

Ozzy Osbourne

International rock star - gravy maker extraordinaire.

Ozzy Osbourne

I'm like a junky without an addiction.

Ozzy Osbourne

I just can't wake from these scary dreams.

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

Nobody tells me fuck all!

Ozzy Osbourne

I like the word fuck. Fucking deal with it and move on to the first fucking question you have.

Ozzy Osbourne

I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

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

I've been dictating to my son, who's helping me on his computer. I'm spending a lot of time doing research--I've just got up to 1971, when I went crazy and dived through the window. My life is so full of interesting stories...

Ozzy Osbourne

When I was a practicing alcoholic, I was unbelievable. One side effect was immense suspicion: I'd come off tour like Inspector Clouseau on acid. 'Where's this cornflake come from? It wasn't here before.

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