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When the whole point of Queen was to be original.
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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.
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I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
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Hey man, Jaws was never my scene, and i don't like Star Wars.
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A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it.
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I don't like the way my teeth protrude. I'm going to have them done, but I just haven't had the time. Apart from that... I'm perfect.
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The bigger the better; in everything.
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One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.
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I'm a Freddie Mercury fan. (In response to an interviewer backstage at a Queen concert at the LA Forum, who asked: Can I tell my viewers that Michael Jackson is a Queen fan?
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A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event. I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.
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About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.
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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.
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People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. F**k them, darling. I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyze his work: If you see it, dear, then it's there. ... I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. ... 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.
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Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
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I don't talk to everybody, so they don't really know the real me. I don't think anybody will.
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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.
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I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend.
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The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
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Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
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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.
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Excess is part of my nature. Dullness is a disease. I really need danger and excitement. I'm never scared of putting myself out on a limb.
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I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.
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We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
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It's boring to be 70, I don't want to be there, I'll be dead and gone, I don't have any aspirations to be 70.
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