Queen Quotes
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I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
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They wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something.
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I am an optimist and I always think the good will come out.
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We’re confident people will take to us, because although the camp image has already been established by people like Bowie and Bolan we are taking it to another level. The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamour is part of us and we want to be dandy. We want to shock and be outrageous instantly.
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There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.
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Montserrat Caballé is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural. It's a very different gift.
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I'm the nice guy who sits there signing everything that's put in front of me.
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There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing.
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It's been a good ride. Queen is the train that never stops, I think.
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I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.
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I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
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You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.
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After people like Lennon and Dylan, I think David Bowie brought a very modernistic intelligence and the necessity for change. I think he was completely positive, certainly through one and a half decades of completely overriding influence, in the best of popular music, and I take my bloody hat off to him!
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Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.
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I'm not afraid to speak out, and say things that I want to do, or do the things that I want to do, so um, I think in the end, being natural, and being, being actually genuine is what wins.
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I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.
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You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be.
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My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.
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When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing.
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I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.
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My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.
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No one really knew Freddie. He was shy, gentle and kind. He wasn't the person he put over on stage.
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Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.
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I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.