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We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course

I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me

I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

It's not a question of money anymore. I spend money like it's nothing. You know, I could be penniless tomorrow, but I'd get back, somehow.

I have no aspirations of growing old and boring.

If you see it there, darling, then it's there. -Freddie Mercury, when asked the meaning of his lyrics.

I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend.

We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.

Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.

If I didn't do this well, I just wouldn't have anything to do ... I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife.

I always knew I was a star, and now the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it.

I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world.

You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology.

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.

I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.

Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and hes said nice things about me, you know.

I'm as gay as a daffodil, my dear!

About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.

When I'm dead who cares? I don't ...

I Want To Ride My Bicycle I Want To Ride My Bike I Want To Ride My bicycle I Want To Ride It Where I Like

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.

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

Can you imagine how terrible it is when you've got everything and you're still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words.

I'm a very emotional person, a person of real extremes, and that's often destructive both to myself and others.

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

Excess is part of my nature. Dullness is a disease. I really need danger and excitement. I'm never scared of putting myself out on a limb.

I don't talk to everybody, so they don't really know the real me. I don't think anybody will ...

One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.

If i had to do it all over again? Why not, I would do it a little bit differently.

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be.

By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

Born to be kings, we're the princes of the Universe!

Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball

You're headed for disaster cos you never read the signs Too much love will kill you every time

When I'm dead are they going to remember me ? I don't really think about it, it's up to them. When I'm dead, who cares ? I don't.

Hey man, Jaws was never my scene, and i don't like Star Wars

Inside my heart is breaking,
My make-up may be flaking,
But my smile, still, stays on!

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

It's boring to be 70, I don't want to be there, I'll be dead and gone, I don't have any aspirations to be 70 ...

I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.

I'm possessed by love - but isn't everybody?

They wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.

You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it.

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.

I'm so powerful in stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man.

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.

Get on your bikes and ride!

What you must understand is that my voice comes from the energy of the audience. The better they are, the better I get.

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.

I don't like the way my teeth protrude. I'm going to have them done, but I just haven't had the time. Apart from that ... I'm perfect.

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.

It's not a concert you are seeing, it's a fashion show.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

We don't do it for the money ... we do it for the music.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

The bigger the better; in everything.

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.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies,
Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die,
I can fly, my friends ...

The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamour is part of us, and we want to be dandy.

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .

I'm not into business at all.

Who wants to live forever?

No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.

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.

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.