Freddie Mercury Quotes (41 Quotes)

Rod Stewart, Eiton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose and Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words

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 .

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

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.

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

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.

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.

The Lions, mostly lousy since winning their last NFL championship in 1957, got quite excited in starting the 1980 season with four straight wins. Alas, too excited. Safety Jimmy Allen has the chutzpah to re-record Queens Another One Bites the Dust, ... Come and watch them Detroit Lionswho no one seems to beat.

I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.

I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

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.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

Who wants to live forever?

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.

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.

The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.

I'm not into business at all.

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.

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.

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.

I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me. I fall in love much too quickly and that results in me getting badly hurt. The problem with love is that you lose control and that is a very vulnerable state to be in. I would love to really have a beautiful relationship with somebody, but it never seems to work out. What I would like most of all is to be in a state of blissful love.

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

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.