Freddie Mercury Quotes (Best Sayings & Song Quotes)

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

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.

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.

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

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.

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.

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

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.

And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.

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

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!

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

The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous I don't care how long it is.

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

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.

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.

Who wants to live forever?

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

Gay as a daffodil.

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.

Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.

I'm not into business at all.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

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

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

I'm so powerful on 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.

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

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

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

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.

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

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 fall in love much too quickly and that results in me getting badly hurt. The problem with love is that you lose control and that is a very vulnerable state to be in. I would love to really have a beautiful relationship with somebody, but it never seems to work out. What I would like most of all is to be in a state of blissful love.

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

One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.

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

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

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.

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 .

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

You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it's prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.

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

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

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

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.

I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.

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

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

If it's planned, it's boring

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

I'm not afraid to speak out, and say things that I want to do, or do the things that I want to do, so um, I think in the end, being natural, and being, being actually genuine is what wins.

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

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

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

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.

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

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear

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