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"Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his farewell in 1992 and that got the ball rolling"

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There is a particular kind of diplomacy embedded in Geezer Butler's phrasing: reunion as inevitability, not capitulation. "Ozzy wanted to get us back together" assigns the spark to the frontman, the human headline, letting everyone else step out of the line of fire. If it goes badly, it was Ozzy's idea; if it goes well, the band looks magnanimous for answering the call. That is how long-running rock institutions survive their own mythology.

"It's been 20 years" is doing double duty. On the surface it's just a timestamp; underneath it's a moral argument. Two decades is long enough to make grudges look petty and nostalgia look like destiny. The line quietly reframes reunion not as a cash-in but as overdue maintenance on a legacy that never stopped accruing interest in the culture.

Then comes the crucial bit of narrative engineering: "We did a couple of songs during his farewell in 1992 and that got the ball rolling". Farewell tours are supposed to be endings, but in rock they're often auditions for the next chapter. Butler points to a small, low-stakes moment - a few songs, not a formal return - as the proof of concept. It's an origin story designed to make the reunion feel organic: not a boardroom decision, but muscle memory kicking in onstage. The subtext is that the music, not the drama, is what ultimately overrides the years.

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Butler, Geezer. (2026, January 15). Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his farewell in 1992 and that got the ball rolling. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ozzy-wanted-to-get-us-back-together-its-been-20-164696/

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Butler, Geezer. "Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his farewell in 1992 and that got the ball rolling." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ozzy-wanted-to-get-us-back-together-its-been-20-164696/.

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"Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his farewell in 1992 and that got the ball rolling." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ozzy-wanted-to-get-us-back-together-its-been-20-164696/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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Geezer Butler (born July 17, 1949) is a Musician from England.

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