OZZY: Making Killer New BLACK SABBATH Album 'Would Make My Life Round Up Perfectly For Me'

August 19, 2010

Rege Behe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On being sober:

"When I first started to get sober, I thought, 'Well, how can I enjoy music without drugs or alcohol in my system?' And I had to come to a decision where I'd get help ..."

On performing live:

"When everything is in the right place and it's going well and my voice is on form, you know, and the crowd is giving me some craziness .... when it's going great, there's nothing in the world to come anywhere near — love, sex, drugs, there's nothing can touch it. But at the other end of the spectrum, when it's going bad, there's nothing worse, as bad as that. The challenge is still there for me."

On the possibility of a reunion with fellow original BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward:

"We're talking and that's a good sign. We're not at war with each other ... I was speaking to Bill Ward last night. I've got to speak to the other two. But it was in the last attempt where we just all met without saying anything to each other (after) quite a few years. I'm trying to get things done right, talking at least. I can't give any dates, 'cause I don't know anything. I don't know whether they want to do it with me, or whatever, but I'm starting to feel (things) ease up for it. To be honest with you, I would love to do a killer BLACK SABBATH album. It would make my life, my whole thing, round up perfectly for me."

On trying to reinvent himself:

"I'd like to get a fictitious band name and do something completely different than heavy music, you know. (Do) something a different way, because being Ozzy Osbourne — having the track record I've had — it's very difficult. But if I want to try something like a blues album, it's very difficult to do that. (It would be) 'What the hell is he doing now?' "

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