Ozzy Osbourne discussed his father taking out a loan to buy him a microphone when he was younger in a new Kerrang interview.
“They were very supportive, actually. Someone once asked me, ‘What’s the best gift you’ve ever got?’ and I realised that if my father hadn’t taken out a £250 or £300 loan to buy me a Vox 50W PA and a Shure mic, I probably wouldn’t even be talking to you now. My dad used to see me singing along to The Beatles’ records, and he knew I had this dream.
But, even so, I never dreamed that at the age of 23 I’d be flying around in aeroplanes and playing in front of 20,000 people a night. If you’d told me in 1969 that I’d be living that life I’d have thought you were joking. The first time I came to America it felt like it was another world.”
Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde claimed in a new Daily Star article that Ozzy told him his privates weren’t working.
Zakk, 52, said, “I remember one day when we were staying at Oz’s house and he was sitting there having a cup of tea.
“He goes: ‘Zakk I do not do drugs any more, I don’t drink any more, I don’t smoke cigarettes. I never thought I would stop that. I don’t even drink coffee any more and my schlong doesn’t even work. Zakk, why am I alive? Why am I alive?’
“I go: ‘Oz, a lot of people love you with your music and you inspire people.’
“He goes: ‘Yeah I suppose. I guess, but why am I alive?’”
Zakk said that despite Ozzy’s rock antics, the singer is one of the greatest vocalists in history.
“I said (to him) were you like taking vocal lessons with Pavarotti? He said: ‘No. Just lots of drugs Zakk. Lots of drugs’.”
