It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.

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.

To be a prosperous pastor one needs: (1) a bible (2) a tailored suit

Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.

James Dean was the damaged but beautiful soul of our time.

I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups and those that compose well in relation to the whole.

You can tell when you watch a movie, usually, what the actors' experience was on the movie, because even the smallest of roles were interesting.

There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.

Choosing a path means having to miss out on others

It would be a very short pint. It would be gummy bears and matzah, and be called Chewy Jewy.

I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.

I was born accidentally. I lived accidentally in London. We nearly migrated to New Zealand. So much of my life has been a product of chance, I can't see a meaning in it at all.