Ozzy Osbourne 'excited' by 9/11: 'It was my kind of craziness'

Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne has described the 9/11 attacks on New York, which killed nearly 3,000 people, as "my kind of craziness."

It's been just over 13 years since both World Trade Centre twin towers were hit by hijacked planes on 11 September 2001.

Speaking to Shortlist, Osbourne revealed that he was in New York when it happened. When the magazine suggested it must have been frightening, he replied: "I wasn't scared, I was excited! It was my kind of craziness, y'know. The day after that happened, there was fucking nobody in New York."

He continued: "I remember standing on the steps of the hotel, and – you know when you see an old cowboy film and that tumbleweed rolls past on the ground? There was newspapers just floating around on the streets. It was so fucking weird. Everybody just backed off Manhattan because they didn’t know if it was an all-out thing or what."

He added: "But I hope this Isis lot don’t get going. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s in mankind to try to kill each other for one thing or another. And I think sooner or later one of these crazy fuckers is going to get a nuclear weapon or some fucking thing, and fuck a lot of people up. That’s in our nature. I hope it won’t happen, but it looks like it could happen if they get it."

Osbourne has been no stranger to controversy throughout his career - from allegedly biting the head off a bat and a dove on stage to being accused of promoting suicide with his song 'Suicide Solution'.