Queen Quotes
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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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Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.
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What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.
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We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
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To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.
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When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing.
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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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My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
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Sometimes if the guitar is the last thing to go on, it's very fresh.
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We don’t want to become old, rich and useless.
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You're headed for disaster cos you never read the signs Too much love will kill you every time.
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It's a nonstop schedule, really. I had lost myself somewhere.
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I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone.
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I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
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I was born to love you with every single beat of my heart. I was born to take care of you every single day of my life.
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You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.
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We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.
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I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.
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Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.
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At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever.
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We, as pop stars, are people not androids. We’ve got views. I’ve got opinions and I don’t see why I shouldn’t use a bit of my art to put them over. I think music is one of the most powerful media forces in the world today.
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I wouldn't do go to another band.
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The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
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I have no aspirations of growing old and boring.