I Am Ozzy
by Ozzy Osbourn
"They've said some crazy things about me over the years. I mean, okay: 'He bit the head off a bat.' Yes. 'He bit the head off a dove.' Yes. But then you hear things like, 'Ozzy went to the show last night, but he wouldn't perform until he'd killed fifteen puppies . . .' Now me, kill fifteen puppies? I love puppies. I've got eighteen of the f**king things at home. I've killed a few cows in my time, mind you. And the chickens. I shot the chickens in my house that night.
It haunts me, all this crazy stuff. Every day of my life has been an event. I took lethal combinations of booze and drugs for thirty f**king years. I survived a direct hit by a plane, suicidal overdoses, STDs. I've been accused of attempted murder. Then I almost died while riding over a bump on a quad bike at f**king two miles per hour.
People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. 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. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time.
A lot of it ain't gonna be pretty. I've done some bad things in my time. I've always been drawn to the dark side, me. But I ain't the devil. 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."
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Giveaway
by Ozzy Osbourn
"They've said some crazy things about me over the years. I mean, okay: 'He bit the head off a bat.' Yes. 'He bit the head off a dove.' Yes. But then you hear things like, 'Ozzy went to the show last night, but he wouldn't perform until he'd killed fifteen puppies . . .' Now me, kill fifteen puppies? I love puppies. I've got eighteen of the f**king things at home. I've killed a few cows in my time, mind you. And the chickens. I shot the chickens in my house that night.
It haunts me, all this crazy stuff. Every day of my life has been an event. I took lethal combinations of booze and drugs for thirty f**king years. I survived a direct hit by a plane, suicidal overdoses, STDs. I've been accused of attempted murder. Then I almost died while riding over a bump on a quad bike at f**king two miles per hour.
People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. 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. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time.
A lot of it ain't gonna be pretty. I've done some bad things in my time. I've always been drawn to the dark side, me. But I ain't the devil. 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."
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Giveaway
I have three copies of this audiobook to giveaway courtesy of Hachette Books. For your first entry (MUST DO THIS ONE FOR ANY OTHER ENTRIES TO COUNT) please tell me your favorite musician/band and leave your email address.
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this sounds AWESOME!! Fave band right now is HALESTORM!!
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ReplyDeleteI love Ozzy!! One of my favorite Canadian bands is The Tea Party. I also love GNR, Motley Crue, Aerosmith. Oh, I could go on and on... Thank you for this great giveaway.
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Poison, REO, Styx and Journey
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ZZ Top! Thank you for hosting this giveaway.
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I think that my favorite musical artist would have to be Elton John even though you will rarely find me listening to anything but country music. I am hoping to win tickets to his concert with Billy Joel in Oklahoma City.
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So many favorites. But today I was listening to a Bob Dylan CD and singing his songs since. Today I'll say Dylan.
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I love the Beatles, but I want to win for my husband who has different musical tastes than I do.
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I gotta say, I still love Britney! And Cher will always be a fav too.
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I love Ozzy...in fact we named our dog after him! But I do have to admit that my favorite band isn't Black Sabbath...it's the Cure... or Led Zeppelin...or AC/DC
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I tend to change a lot but my most constant favorites have been Billy Joel & Garth Brooks.
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Oh I have to enter! My fav. musician/band, Bon Jovi.
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My favorites change all the time but for right now my fave is John Mayer.
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