Freddie Mercury Quotes: top 99 famous quotes about Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury Quotes & Sayings

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

My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen. — Psy

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

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 — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. — Freddie Mercury

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

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. — Freddie Mercury

I have no aspirations of growing old and boring. — Freddie Mercury

I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a great singer to sing rock and roll. That's not what it's about. — Taylor Hawkins

I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury. — John Deacon

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. — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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

I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend. — Freddie Mercury

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. — Freddie Mercury

If you loved music, you loved Freddie Mercury. — Neil Sedaka

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

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

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

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

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. — Freddie Mercury

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

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. — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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

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

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

I'd never compare myself to Freddie Mercury because I look up to him far too much. As an artist, not necessarily as a person. — Mika.

Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be. — Axl Rose

When I'm dead who cares? I don't ... — Freddie Mercury

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 — Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury taught me 3 thingsdon't take anything too seriously, have fun and always fly first class. — Roy Thomas Baker

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. — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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

I like to be surrounded by splendid things. — Freddie Mercury

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. — Freddie Mercury

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

One year of love is better than a lifetime alone. — Freddie Mercury

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

When the whole point of Queen was to be original. — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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

Freddie Mercury, to me, was probably the most important frontman to me growing up. — Gerard Way

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs. — Gary Cherone

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

You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible. — Kacey Musgraves

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

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

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

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 ... — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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

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

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

Freddie Mercury inspired me when I was young. — Brittany Howard

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. — Freddie Mercury

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

Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point? — Kate Beckinsale

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

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. — Freddie Mercury

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. — Freddie Mercury

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

Get on your bikes and ride! — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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. — Freddie Mercury

True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part. — Mindy Kaling

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

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend. — Freddie Mercury

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

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

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

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

A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant. — Adam Lambert

The bigger the better; in everything. — Freddie Mercury

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. — Freddie Mercury

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear. — Freddie Mercury

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

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

I'm as gay as a daffodil, my dear! — Freddie Mercury

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous. — Freddie Mercury

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. — Freddie Mercury

I dress to kill, but tastefully. — Freddie Mercury

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 . — Freddie Mercury

I'm not into business at all. — Freddie Mercury

Who wants to live forever? — Freddie Mercury

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

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. — Freddie Mercury

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. — Freddie Mercury

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