
Stephen Rea's book, Ozzy & Me: Life Lessons, Wild Stories and Unexpected Epiphanies from Forty Years of Friendship with the Prince of Darkness, tells the story of a teenage boy from war-torn Belfast who reached out to Ozzy Osbourne and became a lifelong friend of the singer and his family, from Rock In Rio to Back To The Beginning and beyond.
In the excerpt below, Rea reveals how a muttered remark was the beginning of his miraculous journey.