Freddie Mercury Quotes
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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 guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.
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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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The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
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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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Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
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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.
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We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
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If it's planned, it's boring.
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It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
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I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.
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Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
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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.
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Who wants to live forever?
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I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
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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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I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
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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 dress to kill, but tastefully.
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Get on your bikes and ride!
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I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.
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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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When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.