Four seemingly completely different characters:  Ozzy Osbourne, Charles Manson, Neil Diamond or Marilyn Manson.  Ozzy Osbourne is the father of heavy metal:  “the Prince of Darkness”.  He was the lead singer of the revolutionary band Black Sabbath and went onto have an illustrious solo career.  He has done everything from sing love ballads, to bite the head off of a bat to star in his own reality show with his family.  Charles Manson was the charismatic leader of the cult called “The Family”.  He wanted to become a famous musician but instead lead his group to commit many murders, which he is now serving time for.  Neil Diamond is a popular pop singer and songwriter from the 60’s – 80’s.  He continues to tour and has been very prolific as a musician.  Marilyn Manson is the leader of the “goth” revolution.  He’s been linked to everything from teen suicides to have breast implants and has made some outstanding music along the way.

So, what do these four have in common?  Very little except for the fact that they are all musicians at the heart of it all.  Strangely, many of the things they have said sound very similar.  See if you can decipher who said what!

Quotes:

1.  She said, ‘I understand you’re quite the wild one’. I just went, ‘Heh, heh, heh’.
2.  This is the culture you’re raising your kids in. Don’t be surprised if it blows up in your face.
3.  These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them. I didn’t teach them. I just tried to help them stand up.
4.  America is the coolest place on the face of the Earth. You’ve got freedom of speech. You’ve got McDonald’s.
5.  When you’re on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.
6.  I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal.
7.  Music is the strongest form of magic.
8.  My relationship to music is completely subliminal, it just flows through me.
9.  There’s a mystery to writing, and you don’t really know where most of it comes from.
10.  I love you all. I love you more than life itself, but you’re all bleeping mad.
11.  I’ve looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I’m in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.
12.  Because my musical training has been limited, I’ve never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song.
13.  I love the smell of armpits in the morning. It’s like victory.
14.  Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They’re going to be the same way that I am.
15.  I don’t like all of the music to be serious and deadly.
16.  What is this? … It’s music to get a brain seizure by.
17.  From the world of darkness I did loose demons and devils in the power of scorpions to torment.
18.  Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?
19.  I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.
20.  I ain’t got no magical powers and mystical trips and all that kind of crap. It’s kind of silly.

BONUS Question:

21.  Bubbles! Oh come on Sharon! I’m the Prince of bleeping Darkness. Evil! Evil! What’s bleeping evil about a bleep load of bubbles!?

Answers:

1.  Ozzy Osbourne — on meeting the Queen of England!
2.  Marilyn Manson
3.  Charles Manson
4.  Ozzy Osbourne
5.  Neil Diamond
6.  Charles Manson
7.  Marilyn Manson
8.  Charles Manson
9.  Neil Diamond
10.  Ozzy Osbourne
11.  Neil Diamond
12.  Neil Diamond
13.  Ozzy Osbourne
14.  Marilyn Manson
15.  Neil Diamond
16.  Ozzy Osbourne
17.  Charles Manson
18.  Marilyn Manson
19.  Marilyn Manson
20.  Charles Manson
21.  Ozzy Osbourne

If you got 1-5 right:  Musical Idiot.  Do you even known who Ozzy and Marilyn Manson are?  It’s hard knowing which musician said what.  Did you get Neil Diamond confused with Charles Manson alot?  That happens.
If you got 6 – 15 right: Mediocre musician fan.  You are beginning to understand the difference between a serial killer and someone who bites the head off of bats.  Hopefully you don’t even know who Neil Diamond is.
If you got 16-21 right:  Musical Genius!!!  Give yourself a pat on the back.  Thorough understanding of folk singers and cult leaders.  I’m impressed!