Freddie Mercury Quotes
Singer-songwriter
The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
I dress to kill, but tastefully.
I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.
I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.
What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?
We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
When the whole point of Queen was to be original.
I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.
I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.
We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .
Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.
The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.
I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.
I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.
Who wants to live forever?
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology.
Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.
In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.
But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.
I'm not into business at all.