They say military have the so-called ‘secret intelligence’ – this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I’ve never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.
When I heard The Beatles, I said, ‘That’s it. That’s what I want to be. I want to be a Beatle.’
What can go wrong will go wrong.
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.
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.
Yes, I did bite the head off of a dove. Yes, I did bite the head off of a bat. It’s a stupid thing to do, but I did it.
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?
You’re chasing the dragon, you’re chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who’s still trying to fly.
If you choose to criticize, you choose your enemies.
I’m hoping to do a Broadway musical on the life of Rasputin. He’s someone I can definitely identify with.
Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.
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.
I think if a man can create something like an atom bomb, he can surely create something with his own mind.
Ozzy is a powerful and attractive man. When I grow up I want to be Ozzy.
Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.