Queen Quotes
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People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. F**k them, darling. I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyze his work: If you see it, dear, then it's there. ... I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. ... 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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There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.
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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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Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
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Who wants to live forever?
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Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
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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'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
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I went along and basically learned a few of the songs they were doing at the time, which were quite a few of the songs we ended up doing on our first album.
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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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I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.
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I dress to kill, but tastefully.
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If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel of playing.
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On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.
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We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
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The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.
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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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I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis.
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I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.
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If it's planned, it's boring.
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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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I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.
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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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But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle.