A magazine had flown me and photographer Hugo Dixon to meet Ozzy on his day off from the Ozzfest tour. Knowing Ozzy was a huge Beatles fan, we’d shown his people an example of the same interview with Ringo Starr. Ozzy welcomed us into his hotel suite, didn’t ask our names or where we were from, but began talking as if he’d known us forever. The Osbournes reality TV show had launched in the UK, and I was there to interview Sharon, but Ozzy gate-crashed the conversation. Later that afternoon we accompanied the family to the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the unveiling of Ozzy’s star.