I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I’ve made a career out of it now.

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.

I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.

The more you say, the less they remember.

I don't think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.

E-Motion will have a very positive impact on the evolution of human consciousness

Once a week, I am a very desperate man.

The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.

I don't always have a lot of energy, but my kids almost always revitalize me.

If there was ever an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptouwn on the Hudson called New York

It is one light which beams out of a thousand stars. It is one soul which animates all men.

[The director] has to, I feel, be one step back, not only from cinema, but also from politics and all these issues in order to tell and depict the situation that spreads to people.