He protected his feelings in walls he imagined, but castles crumble exposing the frightened child.

I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play.

Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.

Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.

If you can laugh at your mistakes, it's a good thing.

My son Jack just got out of rehab, he's 17 years old and he got hooked on Oxycontin and I'm just a little pissed off that he never gave me a few.

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.

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.

You've got to believe in yourself, or no one will believe in you. Imagination is like a bird on the wing, flying free for you to use.

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.

When I envied a man's spurs then they were indeed worth coveting.

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.

I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.

Excitement always leads to tears.

During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.

The world may be known Without leaving the house.

Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth.