Ozzy Osbourne attends the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Ozzy Osbournesays he doesn’t fear death.
In a new interview withRolling Stone UK, the 74-year-old Prince of Darkness opened up about his current view on death, and how long he thinks he has “left” to live.
“I said to [wife]Sharon [Osbourne]that I’d smoked a joint recently and she said, ‘What are you doing that for! It’ll f—ing kill you!’ I said, ‘How long do you want me to f—ing live for?!’" he told the outlet.
“At best I’ve got 10 years left and when you’re older, time picks up speed,” he continued. “Me and Sharon had our 41st wedding anniversary recently, and that’s just unbelievable to me!”
Ozzy Osbourne at SiriusXM Studios in July 2022.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
During the discussion, Ozzy revealed that he’d also been thinking about his friends who have died, and how “all my drinking partners” are “f—ing dead.”
“I should have been dead way before loads of them,” he added. “Why am I the last man standing? I don’t understand any of it. Sometimes I look in the mirror and go, ‘Why the f— did you make it?!’ I’m not boasting about any of it because I should have been dead a thousand times. I’ve had my stomach pumped God knows how many times.”
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The Black Sabbath frontman also revealed that he doesn’t necessarily “fear dying.”
“But I don’t want to have a long, painful and miserable existence,” he noted. “I like the idea that if you have a terminal illness, you can go to a place in Switzerland and get it done quickly. I saw my father die of cancer.”
Back in February, the legendary rockercanceled all of his upcoming performancesand announced that he was quitting touring due to a spinal injury. At the time, he described the news on Instagram as “one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to share.”
“But it’s been like saying farewell to the best relationship of my life,” he said. “At the start of my illness, when I stopped touring, I was really pissed off with myself, the doctors and the world. But as time has gone on, I’ve just gone, ‘Well, maybe I’ve just got to accept that fact.’”
“I’m not going to get up there and do a half-hearted Ozzy looking for sympathy. What’s the f—ing point in that? I’m not going up there in a f—ing wheelchair,” he added, revealing that he sawPhil Collinsperform in a wheelchair.
From left: Kelly, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne attend the Pre-Grammy Gala and Grammy Salute to Industry Icons event in 2020.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
“They write to me, they know all about my dogs. It’s my extended family really, and they give us the lifestyle we have. For whatever reason, that’s my goal to work to. To do those shows. If it’s at Ozzfest or somewhere, or even a f—ing gig at the Roundhouse,” he explained.
“If I can’t continue doing shows on a regular basis, I just want to be well enough to do one show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thanks so much for my life.’ That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop down dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man.”
“It won’t happen again. Never in a million years," he insisted, as Jack agreed: “To be honest with you, I don’t think it should."
source: people.com
