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

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.

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.

I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I’ve made a career out of it now.

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

Happiness and unhappiness are contagious.

Good luck is abnormalbad luck is common

It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.

What isn't tried won't work.

I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson.

Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company.

It's more important to be in right relationship than it is to be right.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.

None are rash when they are not seen by anybody.