110+ Ozzy Osbourne Quotes On Hard, Heavy And Iconic

Ozzy Osbourne is an English musician, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which time he adopted his now-iconic stage persona. He has since become a successful solo artist, winning multiple awards and releasing over 20 studio albums. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Ozzy Osbourne on life, love, hard.

Top 10 Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

1. 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.
2. At 18, if someone had said to me, "I think you should go to rehab and get cleaned up," I would have thought, "You're fucking mad."
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Ozzy is a powerful and attractive man. When I grow up I want to be Ozzy.
7. I'm just a dreamer I dream my life away i'm just a dreamer Who dreams of better days
8. I'm not a musician - I'm a ham.
9. Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.
10. Tony Iommi - the undisputed king of demonic heavy rock riffs. In this area, no one had never surpassed him.

Ozzy Osbourne Short Quotes

• If I could have just one more wish, I'd wipe the cobwebs from my eyes.
• You learn who your friends are when the sh-t hits the fan.
• International rock star - gravy maker extraordinaire.
• I always feel like I am on the dark side of the tracks. I feel I'm no good. I can't read.
• I don't know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.
• It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
• I am going through changes
• I don’t know whose brilliant idea that was, but it wasn’t mine, that’s for sure.
• You can choose, don't confuse, win or lose, it's up to you.
• Tell me where do I belong in a sick society?

Ozzy Osbourne Quotes About Life

Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years! — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm hoping to do a Broadway musical on the life of Rasputin. He's someone I can definitely identify with. — Ozzy Osbourne

It was always fun in the early days of Black Sabbath, when I stayed away from heavy drugs. Then someone gave me cocaine and I went, "Hallelujah!" I thought I'd found the meaning of life! — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

I've been dictating to my son, who's helping me on his computer. I'm spending a lot of time doing research - I've just got up to 1971, when I went crazy and dived through the window. My life is so full of interesting stories. — Ozzy Osbourne

It was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had in my life to meet Paul McCartney. It was phenomenal. — Ozzy Osbourne

They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don’t teach you a thing about death. There’s no book telling you what to do when your mum or dad dies. — Ozzy Osbourne

I've been a practicing alcoholic and drug addict for most of my life. — Ozzy Osbourne

Life's not all about money. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne Quotes About Love

Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above. We'll find happiness together in the summer skies of love. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

I didn’t have a clue what love was about until I met Sharon. — Ozzy Osbourne

With time, people forget to say, "Darling I love you." just that word. — Ozzy Osbourne

Love and peace to everyone. May your God go with you. — Ozzy Osbourne

The Beatles. I didn't like the first couple of songs, but when I heard "She Loves You', it was like something went off in my head. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne Quotes About Hard

I'm a nice guy, you know. It's hard work to be an asshole. — Ozzy Osbourne

People say it's hard at the top, but it's even harder at the bottom. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ten thousand million nightmares, temptation by the score, I used to get so high, and still I wanted more. You think my time is wasted in search of who I am, I tried so hard to kill the boy inside the man. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne Quotes About Drugs

I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and alcohol. I mean, I would never urinate at the Alamo at nine o'clock in the morning dressed in a woman's evening dress sober. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

I believe in what I do. I mean, I don't go out - I don't have the clothes or drink anymore, I don't do drugs or any of that. I used to. But I got very ready to get me out of the house. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm the demon alcohol, demon alcohol, demon alcohol, demon alcohol. Let's party. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne Quotes About Addict

I've been in rehabs with hardcore heroin addicts who say, 'I've kicked the heroin, but I can't let go of the tobacco.' I haven't smoked a cigarette in a long time. I like being clean now. — Ozzy Osbourne

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm like a junky without an addiction. — Ozzy Osbourne

Conceived in anger, addicted to hate, the mutant child of a twisted state. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne Quotes About Years

I was curious, given the swimming pools of booze I’ve guzzled over the years - not to mention all of the cocaine, morphine, sleeping pills, cough syrup, LSD, Rohypnol… there’s really no plausible medical reason why I should still be alive. Maybe my DNA could say why. — Ozzy Osbourne

Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note! — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

For years I've had neurological problems. I used to shake a lot and I was on medication - I paid about $700,000 for one year of pills. I was taking 40-odd different ones a day. — Ozzy Osbourne

It took a lot of water to down just that f-king bat's head, let me tell you. It's still stuck in my f-king throat, after all these years. People all over the world say, 'You're the guy who kills creatures? You still do it? You do it every night?' It happened f-king once, for Christ's sake. — Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne Famous Quotes And Sayings

Did you know that the percentage of young people in the crucial 'youthquake' age bracket of 15 to 24 was higher in 1973 than in 1967 ? Therefore it was glam rock that ended the war in Vietnam. — Ozzy Osbourne

It had a huge impact on me, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – and I was very proud when I found out that Kurt Cobain was a fan of mine. I thought he was awesome. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm out doing my deal, I'm turning people on. What's wrong with taking people away from their everyday mundane situation and having a good, fun night for an hour and a half at a rock'n'roll scene? — Ozzy Osbourne

The most unbelievable thing about my behaviour is that I was convinced it was entirely f**king normal. — Ozzy Osbourne

I remember what a thrill it was to go from the back streets of Birmingham to Madison Square Garden in New York...it's like playing on Mars. You can't buy that. — Ozzy Osbourne

I've listened to Preachers, I've listened to fools. I've worshipped the dropouts, who've made their own rules. — Ozzy Osbourne

We were always told we were one step behind Deep Purple, one step behind Led Zeppelin, one step behind everybody. Our manager didn't want to let us know how popular we were. It's only after we did Ozzfest that people started telling me stuff. I thought they were taking the piss. People would come up to me and go, "Respect." — Ozzy Osbourne

I do miss the social aspect of sitting in a pub with a pint but you know what when I get down to it I never went for a pint. I went to a pub to get f**ked up. If it was just going for a pint that would be ok but once I start I just can't stop. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

I think MTV should consider using subtitles. Half the time, even I can't understand what the fu*k I'm talking about. — Ozzy Osbourne

Chocolate thickens the saliva, which isn't good news if you've gotta recite Shakespeare or sing Iron Man. Having said that, you're not supposed to drink tea either but I still do before gigs. It's not very rock and roll, but it's like a magic potion to me. — Ozzy Osbourne

As long as there are kids who are pissed off and have no real way in venting out that anger, heavy metal will live on. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace. — Ozzy Osbourne

There are some singers that have great technique and then there are those that have a certain quality or style in their voice. Some have both, like Freddie Mercury, but to me, I prefer style over technique. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

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

It [retirement] was absolutely boring. You can't go and say, 'I'm retired now. That's it!' It won't take long and you're really gone for good and someone throws the last shovel of dirt on a coffin with your name on it. That's the moment you're really retiring - when you die. — Ozzy Osbourne

Jesus Christ was the original rock'n'roll star. He gave people reasons to live in the rut they were living in. He was the first man to say, "You don't have to have human sacrifices, 'cause human sacrifices hurt somebody, you know?" Just believe in the spirit that is within you. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

The road to nowhere leads to me. — Ozzy Osbourne

As I'm getting older a lot of my friends I used to go out and party with, they're all dead. The fact that I've been through that, I'm not proud of the fact that I've been through all that, but it's part of my journey. I'm lucky to be alive. I'm lucky to be playing music. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

I've had every known chemical - cocaine, booze - and tobacco is the hardest one in the world for me to quit. You watch old flicks? It's suggestion by looking at something: You see a cigarette, and it makes you want to smoke! — Ozzy Osbourne

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

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

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

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. — Ozzy Osbourne

I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead. I have never had an empty seat. I've always sold out, so who's saying it's all over? — Ozzy Osbourne

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

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

I hyperventilate opening a box of chocolates. I'm the most nervous guy in the world, a frightened little man on red alert from when I wake until I go to sleep. I was born with fear. — Ozzy Osbourne

I love my wife. We've had a few slings and arrows across the room, but I'm not prepared to give in, you know? People say she saved my life, but at the same time, I saved her life, as well, I think. She's a great mother, she's a great wife, she's a great worker, she's a great manager. She's just great. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

Just another lonely broken hero picking up the pieces of my mind. Running out of faith and hope and reason, I'm running out of time. — Ozzy Osbourne

Randy [Rhoads] was laid to rest at a place called Mountain View Cemetery, where his grandparents were buried. I made a vow there and then to honour his death every year by sending flowers. Unlike most of my vows, I kept it. But I’ve never been back to his graveside. I’d like to go there again one day, before I finally join him on the other side. — Ozzy Osbourne

But the thing with us was, we didn’t really need anyone to make us world famous – we were already halfway there. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

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

I never thought I could write anything or do a show sober, ever. But I did the Black Sabbath shows sober, and it was so much better fun for me, and everybody. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm into rock'n'roll because rock'n'roll, to me, means freedom. — Ozzy Osbourne

None of us is perfect. Everyone has got a skeleton in the closet that they don't want people to find out. I just let it go, with a bit of humor. — Ozzy Osbourne

Your bullshit culture licking can't stop the death watch ticking. — Ozzy Osbourne

I listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, "Where was my head at when I wrote that?" — Ozzy Osbourne

Won't you ride my white horse? — Ozzy Osbourne

One thing that does confuse me, is that there are more religions in this world than ever, yet there's only sup­posed to be one God. — Ozzy Osbourne

We're going off the rails on a crazy train. — Ozzy Osbourne

There are no impossible dreams. — Ozzy Osbourne

In the Seventies I was so scared I wouldn't go on stage. — Ozzy Osbourne

I discovered rock'n'roll. You could go round Europe in a van with your best mates, drinking beer, smoking dope and screwing chicks. — Ozzy Osbourne

How can you go on stage and shout 'Yeah! Rock'n'roll forever!' and then go to bed at 10 o'clock with a nightcap on, a candle in your hand and a Bible under your arm? — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm not the kind of person you think I am, I'm not the anti-Christ, or the iron man. — Ozzy Osbourne

My son Jack once said to me, 'Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?' And I said, 'I don't care as long as they're laughing.' — Ozzy Osbourne

Unholy soldier, disciple of sin, what kind of mind are you living in? — Ozzy Osbourne

A child of broken mind, the fear that I hide behind. — Ozzy Osbourne

There are no invisible seams. — Ozzy Osbourne

My father always said I would do something big one day.'I've got a feeling about you, John Osbourne,' he'd tell me, after he'd had a few beers.'You're either going to do something very special, or you're going to go to prison.' And he was right, my old man. I was in prison before my eighteenth birthday. — Ozzy Osbourne

I feel joy when I do a great show. I get fun out of making other people happy. I'm a terminal people-pleaser. I suppose that's why I'm a frontman. — Ozzy Osbourne

I never received any encouragement. My father would work nights and my mother would work during the day. We were expected to get a job with a trade. — Ozzy Osbourne

Everything that I think is good is bad, and everything that I think is bad is good. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm one of these people that always looks on the bad side of the fence. — Ozzy Osbourne

If you don't know what sex is before you're 21 you're going to have a problem and should go to your psychiatrist. — Ozzy Osbourne

We were very pleased to have the opportunity to come to Israel and visit the holy sites in the Old City. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

Be good and honest to your fellow man and try to do something good for somebody. — Ozzy Osbourne

To be a parent, especially to rock & roll kids, I think being a parent is the most difficult job on the face of the earth. You hate to say things that will upset your kids, but then sometimes you have to because you can't let them run around wild. — Ozzy Osbourne

All I ever wanted to do was to do something good so that my parents could be proud of me. — Ozzy Osbourne

I can't do anything in moderation. — Ozzy Osbourne

When you get to 60, the word "retirement" comes in on every conversation. — Ozzy Osbourne

The introduction of heartache began as a child. — Ozzy Osbourne

I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor. — Ozzy Osbourne

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

He protected his feelings in walls he imagined, but castles crumble exposing the frightened child. — Ozzy Osbourne

Life Lessons by Ozzy Osbourne

1. Ozzy Osbourne's work demonstrates the power of resilience, as he has persevered through difficult times in his career and personal life to become one of the most iconic and influential figures in the music industry.
2. His work also shows the importance of collaboration, as he has worked with many talented musicians throughout his career to create some of his most iconic songs.
3. Finally, Ozzy Osbourne's work has shown that taking risks can be rewarding, as his willingness to experiment and push boundaries has allowed him to create some of the most groundbreaking and influential music of all time.