Freddie Mercury Quotes
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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 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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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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I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend.
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I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
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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 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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Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and hes said nice things about me, you know.
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Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
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We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
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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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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 never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.
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Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.
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If it's planned, it's boring.
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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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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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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 carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it.
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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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Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.
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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 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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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!