Speaking about Ozzy Osbourne’s final performance, his reunion with Black Sabbath, his passing, and the strength that music gave him, close collaborator and music producer Andrew Watt shared his thoughts.

Watt produced Osbourne’s two final albums, Ordinary Man (2020) and Patient Number 9 (2022), during the period when the artist was recovering from an accident in 2019. “It was the first time I understood that music is something much bigger than just making songs,” he said in an interview with Rolling Stone.

“Music gave him a purpose when he wasn’t feeling well. It made him feel amazing, made him laugh, sing, dance — it healed him. Those two albums were incredible, and for me, they’re the reason I’m here today talking about him,” he added.

“Everything was normal, and the next day the news came as a huge shock,” Watt said elsewhere in the interview, referring to Osbourne’s passing last July at the age of 76.

Watt described Osbourne’s final concert on July 5 as “incredible.” “That moment feels like a dream scene,” he commented. “The last month of his life feels like a dream. I was in London for work, and going to the concert, being in Birmingham, was amazing,” he said.

Andrew Watt compared Osbourne’s final appearance on stage to a “heavy metal summer camp,” as people from every stage of the legendary singer’s life were there. In fact, the night before the concert, Watt spent two hours in Osbourne’s hotel room talking with him.

“He could see you when you were doing well, when you were doing badly, and just as you were — he had something magical about him. He often knew what was going to happen before it happened and had an incredible intuition,” Watt said.