Even with all of his health problems, Ozzy Osbourne is grateful to be alive. Late last month, on an episode of his Sirius XM show “Ozzy Speaks,” the Black Sabbath frontman revealed he is having difficulties walking.
“I go on about the way I can’t walk, and I can’t do this … but you know what I was thinking over the holidays? For all my complaining, I’m still alive,” he said.
Co-host Billy Morrison added: “You have to take into account what you’ve done to yourself over the years.”
Ozzy continued, “I may be moaning about how I can’t walk, but I look down the road and there’s people that didn’t do half as much as me, and they didn’t make it.
“There’s so many friends and acquaintances that have gone.”
When Morrison noted that he’s seen Ozzy improve over the last year, the singer admitted that it hasn’t been easy for him and that he has to “balance” himself when he gets out of bed.
However, he is staying positive: “I’m not dead, still actively doing things.”
“Keep listening because we ain’t going nowhere,” Ozzy stated near the end of the episode.
In 2003, Ozzy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. This past week, it was announced that he will perform his final show with Black Sabbath’s original lineup in July of this year in Birmingham, England.
“It’s my time to go back to the beginning, time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” the frontman said in a statement. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham forever.”
Ozzy’s wife Sharon Osbourne recently spoke to RadioX about her husband’s ongoing health battle, saying:
“Parkinson’s isn’t something that goes away. You have it forever. There’s no cure. So, he has battles with it where he has to work with a physiotherapist every day. And he’s got to keep his muscles going.
“He’s fine. As fine as you can be with Parkinson’s.”
In another interview with BBC, Sharon said he is “doing great. He’s doing really great. He’s so excited about this, about being with the guys again and all his friends. It’s exciting for everyone.”
She noted that this would be his final concert, saying, “Ozzy didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to his friends, to his fans, and he feels there’s been no full stop. This is his full stop.”
