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.

I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play.

Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

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

Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.

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

If you can laugh at your mistakes, it's a good thing.

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.

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.

When you’re in love, it’s not just about the messing around in the sack, it’s about how empty you feel when they’re gone.

You've got to believe in yourself, or no one will believe in you. Imagination is like a bird on the wing, flying free for you to use.

If you want to change situation, first change your thoughts and perceptions.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection - they have many friends and few enemies.

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate.

The midfield are like a chef, trying to prise open a stubborn oyster to get at the fleshy meat inside.

I love playing someone who just skates by and does anything she wants.

In the face of such overwhelming statistical possibilities hypochondria has always seems to me to be the only rational position to take on life.

The big oxygen thing is out for Benni McCarthy... he's got a lot of medical round him

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a Democrat like myself must admit this.

What I'm doing ain't about hating White people. It's about loving us.