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Life's Pleasures Quote by Ozzy Osbourne

"Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!"

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Ozzy Osbourne sells immortality as a punchline, and the joke lands because it’s half confession, half brand maintenance. When he says he “couldn’t have planned my life out better,” he flips the usual celebrity survival narrative. Most stars retrofit discipline into destiny; Ozzy leans into chaos and lets the absurdity do the work. The laugh comes from the mismatch between expectation (self-destruction has consequences) and outcome (he’s still here, taking questions about longevity like a beloved elder statesman).

The subtext is a negotiation with myth. “By all accounts I should be dead” isn’t just candor; it’s an inventory of the Ozzy legend, a catalog of excess that fans already know, delivered in a tone that suggests even he can’t believe the character survived the plot. Naming “drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle” is also a form of control: he frames his past on his terms, turning moral scrutiny into dark comedy.

Culturally, this sits inside rock’s long-running romance with self-annihilation and the late-stage reckoning that follows. In an era where wellness is practically mandatory celebrity content, Ozzy’s refusal to launder the story into inspirational grit reads as oddly refreshing, even if it’s not exactly responsible. The intent isn’t to glamorize so much as to deflate: survival here isn’t virtue rewarded, it’s contingency, luck, genetics, and maybe the stubbornness of an icon who outlived his own cautionary tale.

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Osbourne, Ozzy. (2026, January 16). Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/somebody-said-to-me-this-morning-to-what-do-you-118355/

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Osbourne, Ozzy. "Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!" FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/somebody-said-to-me-this-morning-to-what-do-you-118355/.

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"Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!" FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/somebody-said-to-me-this-morning-to-what-do-you-118355/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Ozzy Osbourne (born December 3, 1948) is a Musician from England.

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