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.

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 do not begin to search, then you cannot find anything

In winter, on the darkest nights, one rejoices even to see the tiniest sliver of a moon.

Jesus has not promised to build your ministry

Unhappiness does not come from the way things are, but from the difference between how things are and how we think they should be

Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.

Beauty is our business.

When Wes came back to Limp Bizkit, we really wanted to do something different. We wanted to make a core record that we didn't care who liked or who disliked.

The only currency still used as a store of value after 5000 years is gold

I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around.

He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face into his shoulder, and there is a sudden, hollow silence.