I'm just John Osbourne: a working-class kid from Aston, who quit his job in the factory and went looking for a good time. I've always been drawn to the dark side, me. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time.Ī lot of it ain't gonna be pretty. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, which one of us would end up with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and Beverly Hills, I wouldn't have put money on me, no f**king way. People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. Then I almost died while riding over a bump on a quad bike at f**king two miles per hour. I survived a direct hit by a plane, suicidal overdoses, STDs. I took lethal combinations of booze and drugs for thirty f**king years. I shot the chickens in my house that night. I've killed a few cows in my time, mind you. I've got eighteen of the f**king things at home. ' Now me, kill fifteen puppies? I love puppies. But then you hear things like, 'Ozzy went to the show last night, but he wouldn't perform until he'd killed fifteen puppies. I mean, okay: 'He bit the head off a bat.' Yes. The revised lyrics for this version, released on 8 December 2003, reflect the moments of their life together. Interviewed by beloved comedy rock duo Tenacious D in the stacked latest issue of Metal Hammer magazine, the Double O is asked by Jack Black for his favourite scary movie, causing the metal icon to recall a deeply unsettling cinema experience he had with his Sabbath bandmates while on tour in 1974. The book was widely praised by its readers for its level of detail and humour. Three decades later, Ozzy recorded another version of the song, this time with his daughter, Kelly Osbourne as a duet. It chronicles his life, beginning as a child, followed by his career as a vocalist. 'They've said some crazy things about me over the years. I Am Ozzy is the autobiography of Ozzy Osbourne, 1 vocalist of Black Sabbath and solo singer.

I am ozzy by ozzy osbourne