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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.

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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?

When I Was A Practicing Alcoholic, I Was Unbelievable. One Side Effect Was Immense Suspicion: I'd Come Off Tour Like Inspector Clouseau On Acid. 'where's This Cornflake Come From? It Wasn't Here Before.

People Say To Me, You Have Not Got Stage Fright. And If I Haven't Got Stage Fright, Then I'm Going To Be Comfortable Within Myself, And Then Something - I've Always Been That Way And So I'm Fighting To Get Away From That Fear.

You Can Choose, Don't Confuse, Win Or Lose, It's Up To You.

Sex Isn't The Priority Anymore, Now I'm 65. But It Still Goes On. I Want It And She Doesn't, Same As Ever.

In The Early Days, You Would Get Skinheads, The Eagles And Black Sabbath Playing The Same Show.

Everything That I Think Is Good Is Bad, And Everything That I Think Is Bad Is Good.

I'm A Nice Guy, You Know. It's Hard Work To Be An Asshole.

I Do Miss The Social Aspect Of Sitting In A Pub With A Pint But You Know What When I Get Down To It I Never Went For A Pint. I Went To A Pub To Get F**ked Up. If It Was Just Going For A Pint That Would Be Ok But Once I Start I Just Can't Stop.

There Are No Identical Twins, Or Forgivable Sins.

The Beatles Gave Me Everything. Especially Paul Mccartney. I Adore Him.

I'd Rather Look Good In My Coffin Than Bad In My Coffin.

It’s Sad, Y’know, What Money Does To People.

Ozzy Is A Powerful And Attractive Man. When I Grow Up I Want To Be Ozzy.

A Child Of Broken Mind, The Fear That I Hide Behind.

I'm Like A Junky Without An Addiction.

It Was Such An Amazing Time For Music In The Sixties. When Popular Music Hit Me, It Was Like Magic Was In The Air.

The First Question That Comes Out Of Everybody's Mouth, 'did You Bite The Head Off A Bat?' And I Did, So, Next.

Maybe It's Not Too Late To Learn How To Love And Forget How To Hate.

One Thing That Does Confuse Me, Is That There Are More Religions In This World Than Ever, Yet There's Only Supposed To Be One God.

Life's Not All About Money.

Condemned To Violence, Arrested By Pain. Inside The Soul Lies A Man Insane.

I Was Curious, Given The Swimming Pools Of Booze I’ve Guzzled Over The Years - Not To Mention All Of The Cocaine, Morphine, Sleeping Pills, Cough Syrup, Lsd, Rohypnol… There’s Really No Plausible Medical Reason Why I Should Still Be Alive. Maybe My Dna Could Say Why.

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.

If That's The Only Thing That's Stopping War Then Thank God For The Bomb.

I Used To Smoke Cigarettes, Smoke Dope, Do Smack, Every F - - Thing. First, I Couldn't Function Without It. Then I Couldn't Do Anything With Or Without It. Then I Thought, "this Is The End Of The Line For My Fun Days."

Cigarette Smoke

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.

I Love My Wife. We've Had A Few Slings And Arrows Across The Room, But I'm Not Prepared To Give In, You Know? People Say She Saved My Life, But At The Same Time, I Saved Her Life, As Well, I Think. She's A Great Mother, She's A Great Wife, She's A Great Worker, She's A Great Manager. She's Just Great.

Thank God For The Bomb. Nuke Ya, Nuke Ya.

Rock Music Is Not Meant To Be Perfect.

I Am Going Through Changes

Going Through Changes

I Advise That Pregnant Women Do Not Come To My Concerts.

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.

It's Just Human Nature - Isn't It? - To Be More Attracted To Something That's Taboo. If Someone Tells You Not To Smoke, You Wanna Smoke. If They Say, 'don't Do Drugs,' You Wanna Do Drugs. That's Why I've Always Thought That The Best Way To Stop People Taking Drugs Is To Legalise The Fucking Things. It Would Take People About Five Seconds To Realise That Being An Addict Is A Terribly Unattractive And Pathetic Way To Be, Whereas At The Moment It Still Has That Kind Of Rebel Cool Vibe To It, Y'know?

I'm Not A Musician - I'm A Ham.

Won't You Ride My White Horse?

Don't Ask Me, I Don't Know

I Finally Came To The Decision That I Couldn't Do It Like That Anymore. So I Surrendered To That. I Did (the Sabbath Reunion Tour) Without Anything - Cigarettes, Tobacco, Dope, Anything. And I Had So Much More Fun Without It.

I've Had So Much Good Luck Happen To Me That I Can't Handle Bad Luck.

The Birth Of A Doubt That Was Once Your Belief Is Drowning In The Tears That You Cry.

My Idea Of What God Should Be Is A Good Guy. I Don't Think There's Any Good In Killing People In The Name Of Your God.

I Don't Read The Bible. Not Because I Don't Want To, I Just Haven't Got Around To It Yet. One Day Perhaps I'll Pick It Up And Look At It.

I'll Only Retire In The Day I Should Be Dead And They Have Me Buried, And Some Idiot Spell Over My Casket Some Stupid Gospel Stuff.

I Have A Night Off On Halloween. It's Halloween For Me Every Night. Let Everybody Else Be Ozzy For The Night. People Go Out Dressed As Me.

There Are No Incurable Ills.

I Remember What A Thrill It Was To Go From The Back Streets Of Birmingham To Madison Square Garden In New York...it's Like Playing On Mars. You Can't Buy That.

When I Heard The Beatles, I Thought Thats It. That's What I Want To Be. I Want To Be A Beatle.

They Said I Would Never Write This Book. Well, F**k ’em – ’cos Here It Is. All I Have To Do Now Is Remember Something... Bollocks. I Can’t Remember Anything.

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I Think War Is Just Part Of Human Nature. And I’m Fascinated By Human Nature – Especially The Dark Side. I Always Have Been. It Doesn’t Make Me A Devil Worshipper, No More Than Being Interested In Hitler Makes Me A Nazi. I Mean, If I’m A Nazi, How Come I Married A Woman Who’s Half Jewish?

The Funny Thing Is, I Was Never Much Of A Fighter. Better A Live Coward Than A Dead Hero, That Was My Motto.

We Were Always Told We Were One Step Behind Deep Purple, One Step Behind Led Zeppelin, One Step Behind Everybody. Our Manager Didn't Want To Let Us Know How Popular We Were. It's Only After We Did Ozzfest That People Started Telling Me Stuff. I Thought They Were Taking The Piss. People Would Come Up To Me And Go, "respect."

Black Illusion Is All I Ever See.

Suicide Is The Only Way Out.

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I Can't Change The Past, But I Can Try To Make A Better Future For Me.

We Were Very Pleased To Have The Opportunity To Come To Israel And Visit The Holy Sites In The Old City.

I'm Not The Kind Of Person You Think I Am, I'm Not The Anti-christ, Or The Iron Man.

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 You Get To 60, The Word "retirement" Comes In On Every Conversation.

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I Wanted To Be The Fifth Beatle.

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Do You Know What Causes Low Voter Turnout In America? It's The Result Of Having The Fate Of Our Nation At Stake. This Began With The Bitter Presidential Election Of 1828, Which Pitted The Education, Cultivation, And Puritan Constraint Of John Quincy Adams Against The Yahoo Populism Of Andrew Jackson, Thereby Deciding Permanently Whether America Would Become A Shining City Upon A Hill Or An Overlighted Strip Mall Along A Highway.

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I Can See Thru Mountains Watch Me Disappear, I Can Even Touch The Sky. Swallowing The Colors Of The Sounds I Hear, Am I Just A Crazy Guy? You Bet.

I'll Always Be An Outrageous Character.

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Drugs And Alcohol Were Ruling My Life. I Made A Lot Of Bad Decisions While I Was Drinking Alcohol. The First Thing I Stopped Was Cigarettes And Tobacco.

Randy [rhoads] Was Laid To Rest At A Place Called Mountain View Cemetery, Where His Grandparents Were Buried. I Made A Vow There And Then To Honour His Death Every Year By Sending Flowers. Unlike Most Of My Vows, I Kept It. But I’ve Never Been Back To His Graveside. I’d Like To Go There Again One Day, Before I Finally Join Him On The Other Side.

When You're Young, You're Stupid. You Do Silly Things.

I'm About Caring, I'm About People, And I'm About Entertaining People. I'm A Family Man. A Husband. A Father. I've Been A Lot Of Other Things Over The Years, Which We Don't Really Want To Talk About.

Just Take Our Name Off The List. . . . The Nomination Is Meaningless, Because It's Not Voted On By The Fans . . . .

Pink Floyd Was Music For Rich College Kids, And We Were The Exact F**king Opposite Of That.

The Media Sells It And You Live The Role.

It Was Always Fun In The Early Days Of Black Sabbath, When I Stayed Away From Heavy Drugs. Then Someone Gave Me Cocaine And I Went, "hallelujah!" I Thought I'd Found The Meaning Of Life!

I Remember One Night In Memphis, I'd Come Out Of A Blackout, And I Didn't Know Where I Was. I'm Feeling Through The Darkness - I Was Asleep In The Middle Of A Freeway. I Went Up To This Car In The Darkness, And It Was A Cop Car.

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.

Rock And Roll Is My Religion.

The Ministry Of Fear That Won't Let You Live. The Ministry Of Grace That Doesn't Forgive.

I Believe In What I Do. I Mean, I Don't Go Out - I Don't Have The Clothes Or Drink Anymore, I Don't Do Drugs Or Any Of That. I Used To. But I Got Very Ready To Get Me Out Of The House.

Evil Thoughts And Evil Doing, Cold, Alone, You Hang In Ruins.

I Used To Fantasize That Paul Mccartney Would Marry My Sister.

As Long As There Are Kids Who Are Pissed Off And Have No Real Way In Venting Out That Anger, Heavy Metal Will Live On.

I Open The Door For Old Ladies, I Help Old Ladies Across The Road. I Do A Show For Leukemia Every Year, But I Don't Broadcast That Because It's Against My Image.

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!

I Think Mtv Should Consider Using Subtitles. Half The Time, Even I Can't Understand What The Fu*k I'm Talking About.

The Jesus Freaks Were The Worst. While The ‘suicide Solution’ Case Was Going Through The Courts They Followed Me Around Everywhere. They Would Picket My Shows With Signs That Read, ‘the Anti-christ Is Here’. And They’d Always Be Chanting: ‘put Satan Behind You! Put Jesus In Front Of You!’ One Time, I Made My Own Sign – A Smiley Face With The Words ‘have A Nice Day’ – And Went Out And Joined Them. They Didn’t Even Notice. Then, Just As The Gig Was About To Start, I Put Down The Sign, Said, ‘see Ya, Guys,’ And Went Back To My Dressing Room.

When I Was Doing Drugs And Alcohol, I Thought I'll Have A Drink And A Line Of This And I'll Smoke This. I Didn't Go, 'then I'm Going To Go Out And Get Drunk, Come Back Strangle My Wife And Wake Up In Jail On Charges Of Attempted Murder,' But That's What Happened. I'm Not Telling People What To Do. If They Can Enjoy Doing It And They Get On With It And They Can Handle It Fine, But Don't Involve Me. I'm Lucky To Be Alive; You're Playing With Russian Roulette.

Lucky To Be Alive

I Like The Word F-k. F-king Deal With It And Move On To The First F-king Question You Have.

I've Got Many, Many Demons That Affect Me On Many, Many Levels.

Children Of The Future, Watching Empires Fall. Madness The Cup They Drink From, Self Destruction The Toll.

Mind You, It’s All Bullshit With Wine, Isn’t It? It’s Just F**king Vinegar With A Fizz, No Matter What The Tasters Say.

I've Been A Practicing Alcoholic And Drug Addict For Most Of My Life.

Black Sabbath Wasn't Like The Bon Jovis Of The Time. We Were Just A Bunch Of Guys That Were Against The Grain Of Society. And We Sung About Things That People Thought Back Then.

I Don't Want To Change The World, I Don't Want The World To Change Me.

Changing The World

I Live In A 9 Million Dollar Turd.

Million Dollars

I Didn’t Have A Clue What Love Was About Until I Met Sharon.

I Used To Get Upset By People Not Understanding Me, But I’ve Made A Career Out Of It Now.

I Keep Hearing This [expletive] Thing That Guns Don't Kill People, But People Kill People. If That's The Case, Why Do We Give People Guns When They Go To War? Why Not Just Send The People?

They Teach You How To Handle Life In England, But They Don’t Teach You A Thing About Death. There’s No Book Telling You What To Do When Your Mum Or Dad Dies.

God Is Within You. God Is A Nice Feeling. He's The Flowers And Smells And The Nice Things In Life.

If You Can Laugh At Your Mistakes, It's A Good Thing.

Destiny Planned Out, I Don't Need No Hand Out.

In Those Days, If You Wanted A New Car Or A Holiday, You'd Phone Up The Office And They'd Send You Some Cash. You Never Had A Bank Account. I Don't Know Anyone From The Music Business In The Seventies That It Didn't Happen To.

I Just Suddenly Thought, People Really Get Off On Being Scared. They Pay Money To See Green Foam Come Out Of People's Mouths.

I'll Kind Of Tend To Beat Myself Up Because I Just Want It To Sound Better Than Better.

I Don't Want To Be A Hero, I Don't Want To Ever Let You Down.

The Rest Of The Guys In Sabbath Became Boring Old Farts, And There I Was, This Crazy Guy, Still Into Wrecking Hotel Rooms And Having Parties.

I Hated School. Hated It.

I Didn't Really Like The Taste Of Booze. I Liked The Effect It Did On Me. But I Can't Say I Savored A Glass Full Of Chablis Chablis 1932. I Drank Whatever S - - Was In Front Of Me And Got Me Buzzed.

I Am A Raging Alcoholic And A Raging Addict And I Didnt Want To See My Kids Do The Same Thing

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.

There Is Something F-king Unbelievable About Seeing All Of The Fans Go Crazy And Chanting 'ozzy!' I Would Pay To See Them.

With Marriage, You've Just Got To Stick It Out. You Can't Jump Off The Boat At The First Bump In The Waves.

If I Could Have Just One More Wish, I'd Wipe The Cobwebs From My Eyes.

There Are No Unlockable Doors.

You're Chasing The Dragon, You're Chasing The High. A Bird With One Wing, Who's Still Trying To Fly.

Chocolate Thickens The Saliva, Which Isn't Good News If You've Gotta Recite Shakespeare Or Sing Iron Man. Having Said That, You're Not Supposed To Drink Tea Either But I Still Do Before Gigs. It's Not Very Rock And Roll, But It's Like A Magic Potion To Me.

There Are Some Singers That Have Great Technique And Then There Are Those That Have A Certain Quality Or Style In Their Voice. Some Have Both, Like Freddie Mercury, But To Me, I Prefer Style Over Technique.

You've Got To Have Something To Retire To. Something You Always Wanted To Do But Your Job Prevented It.

Mtv Made A Huge Impact. Heavy Rotation Took You From Selling 1m Albums To 20m Albums, And That Meant A Lot Of Dough.

All Rehab Can Do Is Tell You What’s Wrong With You And Then Suggest Ways For You To Get Better.

It Took A Lot Of Water To Down Just That F-king Bat's Head, Let Me Tell You. It's Still Stuck In My F-king Throat, After All These Years. People All Over The World Say, 'you're The Guy Who Kills Creatures? You Still Do It? You Do It Every Night?' It Happened F-king Once, For Christ's Sake.

He Protected His Feelings In Walls He Imagined, But Castles Crumble Exposing The Frightened Child.

I'm Not A Big Fan Of Tv. It's An Unavoidable Situation Being Ozzy Osbourne, People Want You To Go On Chat Shows, And I'm Not Good At It. I Don't Feel Comfortable Doing It.

I'm Hoping To Do A Broadway Musical On The Life Of Rasputin. He's Someone I Can Definitely Identify With.

In 1964 Something Totally Unexpected Happened. I Got A Job I Enjoyed.

I Cannot Turn Down This Incredible Honor Twice.

But The Thing With Us Was, We Didn’t Really Need Anyone To Make Us World Famous – We Were Already Halfway There.

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.

All I Ever Wanted To Do Was To Do Something Good So That My Parents Could Be Proud Of Me.

I Was Always Apologizing For Yesterday's Behavior And I Got Tired Of It. I Feel It's Good Being Straight. As I Did When I First Got High. It's A High To Be Straight Because I Was Getting Loaded Every Day.

There Was A Cinema Called The Orient Outside The Community Centre Where We Rehearsed In Six Ways, And Whenever It Showed A Horror Film The Queue Would Go All The Way Down The Street And Around The Corner. 'isn't It Strange How People Will Pay Money To Frighten Themselves?' I Remember Tony [iommi] Saying One Day. 'maybe We Should Stop Doing Blues And Write Scary Music Instead.'

There Are No Uncriminal Crimes.

Tony Iommi - The Undisputed King Of Demonic Heavy Rock Riffs. In This Area, No One Had Never Surpassed Him.

I Feel Joy When I Do A Great Show. I Get Fun Out Of Making Other People Happy. I'm A Terminal People-pleaser. I Suppose That's Why I'm A Frontman.

None Of Us Is Perfect. Everyone Has Got A Skeleton In The Closet That They Don't Want People To Find Out. I Just Let It Go, With A Bit Of Humor.

To Be A Parent, Especially To Rock & Roll Kids, I Think Being A Parent Is The Most Difficult Job On The Face Of The Earth. You Hate To Say Things That Will Upset Your Kids, But Then Sometimes You Have To Because You Can't Let Them Run Around Wild.

There Are No Unwinnable Wars.

International Rock Star - Gravy Maker Extraordinaire.

Nobody Tells Me F-k All!

The Power Of People, When They Focus On Something Positive, Never Fails To Amaze Me.

Conceived In Anger, Addicted To Hate, The Mutant Child Of A Twisted State.

How Can You Go On Stage And Shout 'yeah! Rock'n'roll Forever!' And Then Go To Bed At 10 O'clock With A Nightcap On, A Candle In Your Hand And A Bible Under Your Arm?

I've Got Many, Many Demons That Affect Me On Many, Many Levels. A Few Years Ago, I Was Convinced Of That - I Thought I Truly Was Possessed By The Devil. I Remember Sitting Through The Exorcist A Dozen Times, Saying To Myself, 'yeah, I Can Relate To That. I Really Wish I Knew Why I've Done Some Of The Things I've Done Over The Years. I Don't Know If I'm A Medium For Some Outside Source. Whatever It Is, Frankly, I Hope It's Not What I Think It Is - Satan.”

I'm Not Trying To Twist People's Heads Around. I'm Not Trying To Say, "believe In Me."

What Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong.

I Met Bush But We Didn't Talk At All. To Tell You The Truth, I Was Too Pissed.

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.

The Bike Went Up In The Air And Landed On My Back. It Broke My Neck, Smashed My Collarbone And Splinters Of Bone Severed My Main Artery. My Lung ﬁlled Up With Blood. I Severed My Nerves And To This Day I Have No Feeling There.

I Am A Raging Alcoholic, But I Don't Want My Kids To Do The Same.

A Foolish Picture I Live In Disgust, Degradation Being Eaten By Lust.

You Can Never Take The Violence Back.

It [retirement] 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.

At 18, If Someone Had Said To Me, "i Think You Should Go To Rehab And Get Cleaned Up," I Would Have Thought, "you're Fucking Mad."

I Kept Hearing That Metal Is Dead And Ozzy's Dead And People That Like Ozzy Are Dead. I Have Never Had An Empty Seat. I've Always Sold Out, So Who's Saying It's All Over?

My Son Jack Once Said To Me, 'dad, Do You Think People Are Laughing With You Or At You?' And I Said, 'i Don't Care As Long As They're Laughing.'

There Are No Unsavable Souls.

What Is The World Coming To?

In The Seventies I Was So Scared I Wouldn't Go On Stage.

I Listen To Some Of The Lyrics I Used To Write And I Say, "where Was My Head At When I Wrote That?"

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.

Dogs Smoke In France.

I Have A Genuine Love Affair With My Audience. When I'm On Stage They're Not Privileged To See Me. It's A Privilege For Me To See Them.

I'm Not One Of These Guys To Do My Solo Stuff One Night And Black Sabbath The Next. I Can't Do That, You Know. It's Too Much To Handle.

I Have No Faith In My Ability To Judge Things.

Nobody Ever Told Me, I Found Out For Myself, You Gotta Believe In Foolish Miracles, It's Not How You Play The Game, It's If You Win Or Lose, You Can Choose, Don't Confuse, Win Or Lose.

I Always Feel Like I Am On The Dark Side Of The Tracks. I Feel I'm No Good. I Can't Read.

Killing A Pig For A Good Old Fry-up Is One Thing. But There's No Excuse For Being Cruel, Even If You're A Bored Teenage Kid.

People Think I'm Crazy, But I'm In Demand.

It's All Part Of My Journey - I've Done A Lot Of Stupid Things, But You Learn By Your Mistakes.

Being In Birmingham, I Thought I Was Going To Be A Gangster Or A Bag-runner Or A Thief. I Heard Music And I Was Determined To Get Out Of There.

You Learn Who Your Friends Are When The Sh-t Hits The Fan.

Who Your Friends Are

My Philosophy Is If You're Happy Being A Born - Again Christian, If You're Happy Being A Roman Catholic, If You're Happy Being A Jew Or Moslem ... Great!! I'm Happy Being Ozzy.

Of All The Things I've Lost I Miss My Mind The Most.

I'd Rather See Twenty Thousand Smiling Faces Than Twenty Thousand Crying People.

I Discovered Rock'n'roll. You Could Go Round Europe In A Van With Your Best Mates, Drinking Beer, Smoking Dope And Screwing Chicks.

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.

There Are No Unbeatable Odds, There Are No Believable Gods.

I'm Dyslexic, I Have Attention-deficit Disorder, And I've Got Something Like A Hereditary Tremor.

Occasionally, I Go Off The Rails. I Once Nearly Killed Somebody Once - It Wasn't Funny. I Am A Lunatic. The Pressure Of Work, The Pressure - Everyone Has A Stop Valve, And I Don't Have One.

What's The Future Of Mankind? How Do I Know, I Got Left Behind.

The Road To Nowhere Leads To Me.

Low Self Esteem

A Christian Man Is A Man Who Is Within Himself, Who Puts Out Good Vibes.

People Want It To Be Red, Like Blood. It's Kind Of Funny. When I Used To Throw Meat Into The Audience, I'd Get Letters From Kids' Mothers Saying, "what's The Best Way To Get Blood Stains Out Of My Son's Shirt?"

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