Ozzy Osbourne promises to return to Birmingham to thank locals for the bridge and bull - even if he has to crawl here on his hands and knees - video Dailymotion

Interview with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.

Transcript

00:00 How do you feel about the Black Sabbath bench in Birmingham?

00:05 Well, I mean, it's an achievement, again, I mean, Black Sabbath,

00:08 but we all come from Birmingham, Aston precisely.

00:14 But, Andy, it's... I don't know if I can thank you enough, you know.

00:20 Did you ever think at any time that in your hometown

00:24 there would be a bench with huge, huge pictures of Black Sabbath on it?

00:30 Never, never. I mean, it's fantastic.

00:33 And it's become a tourist attraction because people go and sit

00:37 and have their picture taken to whichever member of Black Sabbath they want.

00:41 That's really cool. It's really cool.

00:44 So your early experiences in Birmingham?

00:47 Well, my early experiences...

00:49 I didn't go to Birmingham city centre much as a kid,

00:53 but it was like a special occasion.

00:56 I remember being in Aston more than...

01:01 Birmingham centre, yeah.

01:03 I remember when there was football matches on at the villa,

01:07 we used to mine cars and get like a tip at the end of it.

01:11 I remember my father going out the pub singing on the bus.

01:17 The thing about Aston, a lot of things have changed about it,

01:22 but my house in Ludd's Road is still there.

01:26 I used to go up there all the time when I had a chance to go and...

01:31 I showed you that, didn't I?

01:33 Yeah, we've been to the house, the kids have been to the house.

01:36 The only thing I still remember was the beer.

01:38 The what?

01:39 The beer.

01:40 Oh, the beer. You aren't having any beer, are you?

01:42 I know.

01:43 No beer at all. So water for you.

01:46 Oh, yeah.

01:47 Lots of cold water.

01:49 No beer from Birmingham.

01:52 So when do you think you're going to be there?

01:54 When you go. I told you, if I have to crawl on the plough and you go,

01:58 I'm coming with you.