"All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the Nineties. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?"

"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 piss on a piece of stone at the fucking Alamo at nine o'clock in the morning dressed in a woman's evening dress sober. I mean I know I'm a fucking crazy-ass but still."

"I like the word fuck. Fucking deal with it and move on to the first fucking question you have."

"We are not going to continue until we hear the fucking roof rattle."

"Bubbles! Oh come on Sharon! I'm fucking Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of fucking Darkness. Evil! Evil! What's fucking evil about a buttload of fucking bubbles!?"

"Who the fuck is Justin Bieber?"

"I keep hearing this [expletive] thing that guns don't kill people, but people kill people."

"I love you all; I love you more than life itself, but you're all fucking mad!"

"I am a raging alcoholic, but I don't want my kids to do the same."

"I am a new and reformed Christian follower, I Love God"

"If you want to be fucking individual, don't get a tattoo. Every fucker's got one these days."

"I just can't wake from these scary dreams."

"We all must stand together now A one by one we fall For all these years you stood by me God bless I love you all"

"Dreams that men can be good, Faith to live as we should and know we're all connected, We give ourselves the power"

"It's a new day For the faceless, Take the torches From the useless, First amendment, Second guesses, All dependent, I'll do anything to help youFallen crosses, New alliance, Deeper thinkers, Modern science, Open guest list, All inclusive, No one loses, Everything you've always wanted"

"I can't believe I'm still here, I know I should be dead."

"Too many religions for only one god I don't need another saviour Don't try to change my mind You know I'm one of a kind Ain't gonna change my bad behaviour"

"I'm like a junky without an addiction."

"If only we could all just find serenity It would be nice if we could live as one When will all this anger, hate and bigotry... Be gone?"

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

"There Are No Unachievable Goals There Are No Unsaveable Souls No Legitimate Kings Or Queens, Do You Know What I Mean?"

"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."

"Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you I spoke to God this morning and He don't like you You telling all the people the original sin He says He knows you better that you'll ever know Him"

"A Devil with a crucifix Brimstone and fire He needs another carnal fix To take him higher and higher Now Jimmy, he got busted With his pants down Repent ye wretched sinner Self righteous clown"

"Taught by the powers that preach over me I can hear their empty reasons I wouldn't listen, I learned how to fight I opened up my mind to treason But just like the wounded, and when it's too late They'll remember, they'll surrender Never a care for the people who hate Underestimate me now"

"If none of us believe in war Then can you tell me what the weapon's for? Listen to me everyone If the button is pushed there'll be nowhere to run"

"War is just another game Tailor made for the insane But make a threat of their annihilation And nobody wants to play If that's the only thing that keeps the peace Then thank God for the bomb"

"If we're offensive and pose a threat You fear what we represent is a mess You've missed the message that says it all And you'll never know why Oh no, you'll never know why We rock"

"I warned you then and I'm warning you now If you mess with me you're playing with fire Winds of change that are fanning the flames Will carry you to your funeral pyre"

"They live a life of fear and insecurity And all you do is pay for their prosperity The ministry of fear that won't let you live The ministry of grace that doesn't forgive Do what you will to try and make me conform I'll make you wish that you had never been born"

"I'm just a Rock and Roll Butthole, I tell you no lies, they say I worship the devil, they must be stupid or blind"

"Howling in the shadows, living in a lunar spell, he finds his heaven, spewing from the mouth of hell."

"You've got to believe in yourself Or no one will believe in you Imagination like a bird on the wing Flying free for you to use"

"And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't image what empty heads can achieve Leave me alone, don't want your promises no more 'Cos rock & roll is my religion and my law Won't ever change, may think it's strange You can't kill rock & roll, it's here to stay"

"I had a vision, l saw the world burn And the seas had turned red The sun had fallen, the final curtain In the land of the dead Mother, please show the children Before it's too late To fight each other, there's no one winning We must fight all the hate"

"I've been the king, I've been the clown, now broken wings can't hold me down, I'm free again. The jester with the broken crown, it won't be me this time around to love in vain."

"Everybody's having fun, except me I'm the lonely one I live in shame."

"I've listened to preachers, I've listened to fools I've watched all the dropouts Who make their own rules We're pushed and conditioned to rule and control The media sells it and you live the role"

"Nobody ever told me, I found out for myself, You gotta believe in foolish miracles, it's not how you play the game, it's if you win or lose, you can choose, don't confuse Win or lose, it's up to you."

"People look to me and say Is the end near, when is the final day? What's the future of mankind? How do I know, I got left behind"

"It was my fate to be who I am and what I am. I've just been myself. And I've got a great manager."

"I know what's going to be on my tombstone, and there's no getting around it: "Here lies Ozzy Osbourne, the ex–Black Sabbath singer who bit the head off a bat.""

"You don't accidentally become an asshole. It takes a bit of work."

"Sharon's father was a gangster manager, so she's a great businesswoman. I remember saying to her once, "What's always amazed me is that you've been in the music business most of your life, but when you sing, you sound like a fucking dying wildebeest." She said, "What's always amazed me is how you've been in the music business most of your life and you don't know the ass end of a contract.""

"People ask me, "Do you regret anything?" Sure, I have fucking regrets. But if I didn't have my life the way it's been or the way it's gonna be, I'd be fucking with the big guy in the sky."

"When I heard "She Loves You," my world went up like a shooting star. It was a divine experience. The planets changed. I used to fantasize that Paul McCartney would marry my sister."

"Back in the day, it was, "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair." Where in the fuck was San Francisco? And the only flowers we ever saw in Aston were on a coffin going to a cemetery."

"My problem is that by the time I understood a little bit about life, I was well on the way to fucking burnout."

"I grew up in Aston, a neighborhood in Birmingham, right at the poverty line. I always felt shitty and intimidated by everyone. So my whole thing was to act crazy and make people laugh so they wouldn't jump on me."

"Survival is my legacy … I mean, I'm 73. People go, "Well, you're 70… why don't I throw the towel in?" … Why should I? People still want to buy my records. People still want to see me, so why should I? It motivates me to get off my backside and do something. I mean, if my career had gone down the toilet and I knew it was the end, I'd be pretty miserable. … Never give up. If you've got a passion for something, you've got to find a way around it to carry on the passion."