Quotes By Freddie Mercury

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

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

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

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

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

Who wants to live forever?

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.

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

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

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

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

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 .

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