Ozzy Osbourne Quotes - Page 7

The ministry of fear that won't let you live. The ministry of grace that doesn't forgive.

I'm like a junky without an addiction.

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

Rock and roll is my religion.

There are no invisible seams.

I've been in rehabs with hardcore heroin addicts who say, 'I've kicked the heroin, but I can't let go of the tobacco.' I haven't smoked a cigarette in a long time. I like being clean now.

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

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

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.

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.

Black Sabbath wasn't like the Bon Jovis of the time. We were just a bunch of guys that were against the grain of society. And we sung about things that people thought back then.

I've got many, many demons that affect me on many, many levels.

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

I retired once but you've got to have something to retire to and I don't want to do anything. My job is like a well paid hobby, I mean not a hobby but I'm not lining up every morning at the bus queue to go to work. I'm very lucky.

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

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.

None of us is perfect. Everyone has got a skeleton in the closet that they don't want people to find out. I just let it go, with a bit of humor.

I just suddenly thought, people really get off on being scared. They pay money to see green foam come out of people's mouths.

I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.

International rock star - gravy maker extraordinaire.

If I go out with a jacket and a pair of trousers that my wife doesn't like, you can bet your ass it ain't in my wardrobe the following day. I say that it gets lost in the sky.

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.

People want it to be red, like blood. It's kind of funny. When I used to throw meat into the audience, I'd get letters from kids' mothers saying, "What's the best way to get blood stains out of my son's shirt?"

I'm hoping to do a Broadway musical on the life of Rasputin. He's someone I can definitely identify with.

I met Bush but we didn't talk at all. To tell you the truth, I was too pissed.