Freddie Mercury Quotes
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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.
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Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!
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If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.
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Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
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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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I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years now. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. For example, when we're backstage and the lights go out and the manic roar of the crowds begins, it doesn't affect me the way in which it did for Freddy [sic] Mercury who seemed to love, relish in the love and adoration from the crowd, which is something I totally admire and envy.
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Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and hes said nice things about me, you know.
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When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
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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 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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The bigger the better; in everything.
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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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One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.
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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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The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
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Who wants to live forever?
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It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.
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I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.
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Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!
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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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I want it all and I want it now.
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I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
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Get on your bikes and ride!
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I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it.