Ozzy Osbourne has written a second memoir.
Titled Last Rites, it recounts his health issues, his turbulent marriage to Sharon, his regrets over Black Sabbath's reunion, his friendships with Slash and Zakk Wylde, and the final moments he spent with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister.
Ozzy says, "People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, [hell] no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy. Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can't complain. I've been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I've done good…and I've done bad. But right now, I'm not ready to go anywhere."
His first memoir, I Am Ozzy, was published in 2009.
Last Rites will be available on October 7th.
In other Ozzy news, he's auctioning off five paintings he created with chimpanzees.
He says, "I paint because it gives me peace of mind, but I don't sell my paintings.
I've made an exception with these collaborations as it raises money for Save the Chimps, a sanctuary for hundreds of apes rescued from labs, roadside zoos and wildlife traffickers."
Ozzy painted multi-colored acrylic basecoats on five 20-inch by 20-inch canvases, then the chimps at the sanctuary added their own brushstrokes.
He signed each one, which are named after a Black Sabbath or Ozzy album or song -- "Technical Ecstasy" (Sabbath album), "Electric Funeral" (Sabbath song), "Paranoid" (Sabbath album and song), "Blizzard of Ozz" (Ozzy album), and "Tattooed Dancer" (Ozzy song).
You can bid now through July 17th at Omega Auctions.
The starting bid is $1356 (a thousand British pounds).
Save the Chimps, situated on 150 acres in Fort Pierce, Florida, was founded 25 years ago. Supporters include Jane Goodall, Paul McCartney, Bryan Adams and The B-52s.
In 2009, a Samsung cell phone commercial featuring Ozzy and a chimpanzee was pulled off the air after PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) complained that the chimps and other apes that are used in advertising are sometimes removed from their mothers as infants and routinely abused.
PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman said, "PETA applauds Samsung's decision to distance itself from cruelty to apes who are used and abused in entertainment."
The ad shows Ozzy receiving a text from a chimp who works at the telecommunications giant.