Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English singer, songwriter and television personality. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the band Black Sabbath. Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and has since had a successful solo career, releasing 11 studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the US. He has reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions, recording the album 13 in 2013. Osbourne's longevity and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth3 December 1948
CityAston, England
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.
I retired once but you've got to have something to retire to and I don't want to do anything. My job is like a well paid hobby, I mean not a hobby but I'm not lining up every morning at the bus queue to go to work. I'm very lucky.
You've got to have something to retire to. Something you always wanted to do but your job prevented it.
In 1964 something totally unexpected happened. I got a job I enjoyed.
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.
To be a parent, especially to rock 'n' 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.
What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
Just take our name off the list. .Ê.Ê. The nomination is meaningless, because it's not voted on by the fans .Ê.Ê. .
Just take our name off the list. . . . The nomination is meaningless, because it's not voted on by the fans . . . .
What you see on the show is absolutely us,
I bit the head off a live bat the other night. It was like eating a Crunchie wrapped in chamois leather.
Dickinson got what he deserved. Was Dickinson so naive to think that I was going to let him get away with talking . . . about my family night after night?