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English singer-songwriter

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is popularly called Ozzy Osbourne. He became famous as lead vocalist of British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He achieved a multi-platinum solo career between the early 1980s and mid 1990s which revolutionized the heavy metal genre. Ozzy Osbourne is known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal" and "Prince of Darkness."

Birth name	John Michael Osbourne
Date of Birth	December 3, 1948
Place of Birth	Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Genres	Heavy metal
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Epic, CBS, Jet
Associated acts	Black Sabbath, Kelly Osbourne, Black Label Society, Firewind, Slash

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This is going to be my last tour. I don’t want to be on the road for this long anymore. I have to stay in one place for a while, that’s why we’re taking a few breaks in between.

— Ozzy Osbourne is going on his last tour / July 09, 2010

I tried that (retiring) and it 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 found retirement boring / July 09, 2010

When I was 21 I said I’d be dead before I was 40. That was fine until I was 39-and-a-half, I thought I’d stick around for a few more years. I can’t say what I do is a job. I don’t have to get up and go in traffic jams every morning. It’s a relatively easy life I have. Some people think Sharon pushes me to go on tour. My wife does not push me out on stage. If I really didn’t want to go out I’d say, ‘F**k you, I ain’t going,’ and I wouldn’t go.

— Ozzy Osbourne vows never to retire / June 18, 2010

When I was 20 I thought I had the rest of my life. At 30 I was still relatively young. At 40 I was getting a bit dodgy. When you get to 60 you’re on the downward slide. I’m 61 now. In the past month so many guys I know have died. Ronnie James Dio died of cancer, a guy from Slipknot killed himself… you have to live for each minute. In my youth I’d wish my life away. I wish I could have them times back. But you can’t.

— Ozzy Osbourne vows never to retire / June 18, 2010

With the drugs, it nearly killed me on a daily basis - I did a lot of heavy drug taking for a long time and I survived it by the grace of God. You might not be as lucky as me - I'm living on borrowed time. With the sexually transmitted diseases, what I was doing is playing Russian roulette with sex.

— Ozzy Osbourne saying he is living on borrowed time and is lucky to be alive / February 26, 2010

When I see people I can say 'Hi, have we met?' And they'll tell me I only saw them the day before. It's going to be embarrassing.

— Ozzy Osbourne is suffering with a short-term memory loss / February 04, 2010

My short term memory is zero, Since the accident I can't remember what I did yesterday half the time. I can remember my ex-wife's mother's phone number from 1975 but I can't remember what I did last night.

— Ozzy Osbourne is dreading attending his daughter Kelly's wedding / February 04, 2010

I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in California. There’s so much bulls*** out here and the reality is, I’m English,

— Ozzy Osbourne wants to move back to England / October 10, 2009

What’s left to wish for? A number one album would be good. And to have a movie made of the book, maybe with Johnny Depp playing me — I’d like that. But, really, I’d like to go back in time and make better choices. Still, I know now that there is no such place as Utopia. Even if I do make it to heaven, you can bet your life the toilet will stink.

— Ozzy Osbourne wants Johnny Depp to play him in a movie / October 10, 2009