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Freddie Mercury
British
Musician
About the author
We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Music
Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Career
#Talent
#Soul
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Queen
#Astrology
Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#May
#Money
#Happiness
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Years
#Thought
#Queen
#Name
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Night
Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Devil
The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Care
Who wants to live forever?
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Press
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 .
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Rules
#Opera
We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Queen
What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Time
#Will
#Years
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Want
#Worth
When the whole point of Queen was to be original.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Queen
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Variety
I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Will
The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Successful
#Reason
#Charisma
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Harmony
#Old
#Beach
I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Money
#Manager
If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Years
#Act
I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Now
#World
#Rest
I dress to kill, but tastefully.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Dress
I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Art
#College
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Life
#Nothing
I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Want
#Life
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.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Songs
#Music
#Press
I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Money
I'm not into business at all.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Business
I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Time
#Years
#May
I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician
#Fun
#Fashion
#Clothes
A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.
Freddie Mercury,
British
Musician