Queen Quotes
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I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.
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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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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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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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I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
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Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.
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I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
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People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great cuttings at home from people saying 'One thing is certain, Queen will no longer exist in a year's time.' And that was in 1973.
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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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Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with my doctor and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease.
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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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I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.
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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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I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.
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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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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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My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
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A Queen track has those big, thick, block harmonies.
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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 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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Hey man, Jaws was never my scene, and i don't like Star Wars.
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It's a nonstop schedule, really. I had lost myself somewhere.
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Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.