Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

Rock music is not meant to be perfect.

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

I can't do anything in moderation.

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

My philosophy is if you're happy being a born - again Christian, if you're happy be­ing a Roman Catholic, if you're happy being a Jew or Moslem ... great!! I'm happy being Ozzy.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didnt want to see my kids do the same thing

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

Destiny planned out, I don't need no hand out.

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.

I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.

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.

I don't want to be a hero, I don't want to ever let you down.

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.

MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.

I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.

Life's not all about money.

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

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.

Suicide is the only way out.

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

You can never take the violence back.

Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace.

I'm like a junky without an addiction.

The road to nowhere leads to me.

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.

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.

The first question that comes out of everybody's mouth, 'Did you bite the head off a bat?' And I did, so, next.

It’s sad, y’know, what money does to people.

Condemned to violence, arrested by pain. Inside the soul lies a man insane.

Tell me where do I belong in a sick society?

You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.

My idea of what God should be is a good guy. I don't think there's any good in killing people in the name of your God.

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

I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.

I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.

Children of the future, watching empires fall. Madness the cup they drink from, self destruction the toll.

I think if a man can create something like an atom bomb, he can surely create something with his own mind.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Pink Floyd was music for rich college kids, and we were the exact f**king opposite of that.

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

There are no unsavable souls.

I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.

God is within you. God is a nice feeling. He's the flowers and smells and the nice things in life.

There are no unwinnable wars.

What's the future of mankind? How do I know, I got left behind.

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