{"id":803634,"date":"2020-01-30T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=945449"},"modified":"2020-01-30T08:18:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T15:18:03","slug":"ozzy-osbourne-i-think-about-death-but-i-dont-worry-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/ozzy-osbourne-i-think-about-death-but-i-dont-worry-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne: \u2018I Think About Death But I Don\u2019t Worry About It\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Although Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> has faced daunting odds over the past year \u2014 recovering from a vicious fall and learning that he has Parkinson\u2019s disease \u2014 he is in a peaceful state of mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo I ever think about when my time\u2019s gonna come? I think about it [but] I don\u2019t worry about it,\u201d he said in a recent Kerrang!<\/a> <\/em>interview. \u201cI won\u2019t be here in another 15 years or whatever, not that much longer, but I don\u2019t dwell on it. It\u2019s gonna happen to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just two years ago, though, he told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>he thinks about death all the time: \u201cIf I\u2019m alone in my head, it\u2019s a bad area,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s always, \u2018Dead. You\u2019re gonna die. There\u2019s gonna be a war. Donald Trump\u2019s gonna send us all to hell.\u2019 \u2026 He probably will.\u201d<\/p>\n

He tells Kerrang! <\/em>that his perspective has shifted because he just wants to feel like himself again. \u201cAm I happy now? No,\u201d he said. \u201cI haven\u2019t got my health. That thing knocked the shit out of me, man, but I\u2019m still here. In fact, I worried about [death] more when I was younger than I do now. I just try to enjoy things as much as possible, even though that\u2019s so fucking hard sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One thing Osbourne enjoyed in the last year was the making of Ordinary Man<\/a><\/em>, his upcoming 12th solo album. He made the record with producer Andrew Watt, after they worked together on Post Malone\u2019s \u201cTake What You Want,\u201d and recruited an all-star guest list of contributors. The rhythm section features Guns N\u2019 Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and its featured performers include Elton John, Slash, Tom Morello and Post Malone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you saw me at the beginning of last year, you\u2019d think I was fucked,\u201d Osbourne said in his Kerrang! <\/em>interview. \u201cBut I honestly think making this album is the best medicine I could have had. I was doing something, something I like to do. I wish I could do more, but it just felt great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osbourne revealed his Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis earlier this month on Good Morning America, <\/em>explaining that his injuries originally obscured the sensations associated with the disease. \u201cI got a numbness down this arm from the surgery; my legs keep going cold,\u201d he said on the show. \u201cI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the Parkinson\u2019s or what, you know, but that\u2019s \u2014 see, that\u2019s the problem. Because they cut nerves when they did the surgery. I\u2019d never heard of nerve pain, and it\u2019s a weird feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

He told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>last year that the pain from the surgeries was unbearable. \u201cFor the first, say, four months, I was absolutely in agony,\u201d he said. \u201cI was in agony beyond anything I ever experienced before in my life. It was awful. I\u2019m taking physical and occupational therapy classes, but the progress is very slow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the pain, he found solace in working on \u201cTake What You Want,\u201d and that\u2019s why he decided to go ahead with the album. Post Malone told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>after the Grammys that he had no idea Osbourne had Parkinson\u2019s when they collaborated. \u201cWorking with him and hanging out with him and being around him, you can\u2019t tell,\u201d Malone said. \u201cYou can tell he has a little difficulty getting around, but he\u2019s so strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osbourne is planning on resuming his No More Tours 2 trek<\/a> this summer. He\u2019s slated to get back on the road in late May with a gig in Atlanta. But he said on the Grammys Red Carpet that he intends to listen to his body and not make a hasty decision to return to touring if he\u2019s not up to it. \u201cIf I\u2019m well enough, I\u2019ll work toward it,\u201d he said, via Ultimate Classic Rock<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m having physical therapy every day, five days a week. I\u2019m trying, doing the best I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

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