Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement.

I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years.

I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath songs year after year, whether he was performing with Black Sabbath or out on a solo tour. He said it was great.

It's been an incredible experience, playing with Twisted Sister, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, jamming with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, and the list goes on and on and on.

Iron Maiden and Metallica are bigger now than they ever were. They're playing stadiums across the entire planet. Even though it seems like their heyday was back when MTV and the radio played their songs all the time, the truth is that they've gotten bigger now because they play all the time, and people know they're going to get a great show.

That's why, to this day, K.I.S.S. can sell out wherever they go... because they sell tickets, and they have that core fan base. You may not hear K.I.S.S. on the radio with a new single today. And they can still sell out anywhere.

That is one thing about playing with Guns N' Roses and Metallica: everyone wants to interview you.

Metal musicians say dumb things sometimes.

It's a weird thing to have a Hall of Fame for rock. It's weird that I spent years worshiping the Cure, and here's the Chili Peppers, and then one gets in one doesn't. It's ridiculous. In my heart of hearts, it means nothing to me, but I do understand it means a lot to other people. It creates positivity.

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

I love Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and Guns N' Roses and AC/DC.

I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is.

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That's the fault of the rock press. They are always playing up controversy, scandal, aggravation, and irritation.

Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!

Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.

We don't go around the world counting ticket and record sales, nor do we glue our ears to the radio to hear what's trendy at the moment - we're not that type of band.

I had maybe 200 followers when I started. A bunch of radio stations were like, 'Uhhhhhh, my daughter has more followers than her'.

You gotta give props to Ozzy as the creator of all evil faces. What would we do in photo sessions if it were not for Ozzy?

I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jimmy Page gave me the MOJO Maverick award. I got an Ivor Novella Award for my very first song.

That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing - at least half the people in there don't have a place in any kind of hall of fame anywhere, in my opinion.

Slipknot is hard work; I don't care what anybody says.

I've not thought about the Stone Roses since we quit. How many LPs do I have to make to stop people talking about it?