Queen Quotes
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Amazing uke playing to be relished.
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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 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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We don't do it for the money... we do it for the music.
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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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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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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 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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I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.
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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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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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I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
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I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
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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 big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
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I don't talk to everybody, so they don't really know the real me. I don't think anybody will.
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I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.
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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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A Queen track has those big, thick, block harmonies.
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It's a nonstop schedule, really. I had lost myself somewhere.
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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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We don’t want to become old, rich and useless.
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The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
