118 Freddie Mercury Quotes

Freddie Mercury Quote 1

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

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I’m possessed by love, but isn’t everybody?

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

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I like to be surrounded by splendid things

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

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

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I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

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Who wants to live forever?

Freddie Mercury Quote 9

What will I be doing in 20 years time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

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I like to be surrounded by splendid things

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Dullness is a disease.

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I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

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If I die tomorrow I will not regret. I really did everything I could.

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

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

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

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The whole point of Queen was to be original.

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When we began, we approached it the way we did because we were not prepared to be out-of-work musicians, ever. We said either take it on as a serious commodity or don’t do it at all.

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A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That’s the kind of world I live in. It’s very sort of flamboyant, and that’s the kind of way I write. I love it.

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 21

 A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrical event.

Freddie Mercury Quote 22

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.

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

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

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

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I dress to kill, but tastefully.

Freddie Mercury Quote 30

. 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 Quote 31

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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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.

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 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.

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

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 36

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 37

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 38

 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 .

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

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A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrical event

Freddie Mercury Quote 41

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 42

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.

Freddie Mercury Quote 43

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 44

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 45

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.

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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 Quote 47

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 48

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 Quote 49

One year of love is better than a lifetime alone

Freddie Mercury Quote 50

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 51

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 52

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 Quote 53

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 Quote 54

If it's planned, it's boring

Freddie Mercury Quote 55

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 56

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 Quote 57

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 58

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 Quote 59

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it

Freddie Mercury Quote 60

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 61

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 62

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 63

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 Quote 64

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 65

I have no aspirations of growing old and boring.

Freddie Mercury Quote 66

I want it all and I want it now

Freddie Mercury Quote 67

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 68

The bigger the better; in everything

Freddie Mercury Quote 69

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 70

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 71

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 72

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 Quote 73

I like to ridicule myself. I don’t take it too seriously. I wouldn’t wear these clothes if I was serious. The one thing that keeps me going is that I like to laugh at myself.

Freddie Mercury Quote 74

Success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it has prevented me from having the one thing we all need, a loving, on-going relationship. Love is Russian roulette for me

Freddie Mercury Quote 75

I don’t want to change the world with our music. There are no hidden messages in our songs. I like to write songs for modern consumption.

Freddie Mercury Quote 76

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 Quote 77

I really need danger and excitement. I’m never scared of putting myself out on a limb.

Freddie Mercury Quote 78

When I look back on all the black nail varnish and stuff I think, God, what did I do? I used to feel a need for all that on stage. It made me more secure. But now I don’t. I’ve grown up a bit.

Freddie Mercury Quote 79

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 80

When we began, we approached it the way we did because we were not prepared to be out-of-work musicians, ever. We said either take it on as a serious commodity or don’t do it at all.

Freddie Mercury Quote 81

f you see it there, darling, then it’s there.

Freddie Mercury Quote 82

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 Quote 83

I am a manipulator of life

Freddie Mercury Quote 84

I think I’m totally original. I’m sure there are many people who see themselves in me, but that’s to them. I’m me, basically, and that’s how I like to be.

Freddie Mercury Quote 85

I don’t want to keep playing the same formula over and over again, otherwise you just go insane. I don’t want to become stale. I want to be creative.

Freddie Mercury Quote 86

I don’t want anybody to make it easy for me, which I like, because I’m a survivor. I want to work hard for it.

Freddie Mercury Quote 87

People are used to hard rock, energy music from Queen, yet with ['Killer Queen’] you almost expect Noel Coward to sing it. It's one of those bowler hat, black suspender belt numbers -- not that Coward would wear that

Freddie Mercury Quote 88

I’m a flamboyant person. I like to live life. I certainly work hard for it, and I want to have a good time. Don’t deny me that. It might not come again and I want to enjoy myself a little.

Freddie Mercury Quote 89

We are basically a rock band. All the lights and paraphernalia are only there to enhance what we do. I think we're good writers -- and we want to play good music, no matter how much of a slagging we get. The music is the most important factor.

Freddie Mercury Quote 90

I was a precocious child. My parents thought boarding school would do me good so they sent me to one when I was seven, dear. I look back on it and I think it was marvelous. You learn to look after yourself and it taught me to have responsibility.

Freddie Mercury Quote 91

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 92

All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary, but it's simply impossible. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that's enough for me.

Freddie Mercury Quote 93

We've all got massive egos, my dear.

Freddie Mercury Quote 94

 We're fussy and finicky and have very high standards. If a song can't be done properly, we'd rather it isn't done at all.

Freddie Mercury Quote 95

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 Quote 96

The more you open up, the more you get hurt. So basically, I’m just riddled with scars and I just don’t want any more.

Freddie Mercury Quote 97

Putting people in different categories is unfair. You have to judge people on what they are.

Freddie Mercury Quote 98

You've got to make sure that you don't ever admit to yourself that this is your peak. If you admit to yourself that this is your peak, then you're on the way down

Freddie Mercury Quote 99

The whole band is very particular. We don't go in for half measures and I'm very hard with myself. There're no compromises. If I thought a song wasn't quite right, I'd discard it. I'm very intricate and delicate.

Freddie Mercury Quote 100

People think I'm an ogre at times. Some girls hissed at me in the street...'You devil.' They think we're really nasty. But that's only on stage. Off stage, well I'm certainly not an ogre.

Freddie Mercury Quote 101

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

Freddie Mercury Quote 102

You have to have confidence in this business. It's USELESS saying you don't need it. If you start saying to yourself, 'Maybe I'm not good enough, maybe I'd better settle for second place,' it's no good. If you like the icing on the top, you've got to have confidence.

Freddie Mercury Quote 103

May you all have champagne for breakfast.

Freddie Mercury Quote 104

You've got to know where to draw the line. But the public always come first—it's a corny thing to say but I mean it. Lately I've been throwing things around which is very unlike me. I threw a glass at someone the other day. I think I'm going to go mad in a few years time; I'm going to be one of those insane musicians

Freddie Mercury Quote 105

To be honest. I'd like people to think there is no falsity in me because what I do is really my character. But I think mystique, not knowing the truth about someone, is very appealing. I'd be doing myself an injustice if I didn't wear makeup because some people think it's wrong. Even to talk about being gay used to be obnoxious and unheard of. But gone are those days. There's a lot of freedom today and you can put yourself across anyway you want to. But I haven't CHOSEN this image. I'm myself and in fact half the time I let the wind take me.

Freddie Mercury Quote 106

I play on the bisexual thing because it's something else, it's fun. But I don't put on the show because I feel I have to and the last thing I want to do is give people an idea of exactly who I am. I want people to work out their own interpretation of me and my image. I don't want to build a frame around myself and say, 'This is what I am' or 'This is all I am.

Freddie Mercury Quote 107

I'm very emotional. Whereas before, I was given time to make my decisions, now nearly all of us are so highly strung we just snap. We always argue but I think it's a healthy sign because we get to the root of the matter and squeeze the best out. But lately so much is happening, it's escalating so fast that everybody wants to know almost instantly, and I certainly get very temperamental.

Freddie Mercury Quote 108

We've always put our neck on the line. We're fussy and finicky and have very high standards. If a song can't be done properly, we'd rather it isn't done at all. We're the fussiest band in the world, and we put so much loving into every album.

Freddie Mercury Quote 109

We tend to work well under pressure. But do we row? Oh my dear, we're the bitchiest band on earth. You'll have to spend a couple of days with us. We're at each other's THROATS. But if we didn't disagree, we'd just be yes-men, and we do get the cream in the end.

Freddie Mercury Quote 110

We are in a golden age of music. There will be a time when technology becomes so advanced that we'll rely on it to make music rather than raw talent...and music will lose its soul.

Freddie Mercury Quote 111

Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to start a band called Hair, Nose and Teeth... but it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words

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I don't have any aspirations to live to 70. I don't want to sound morbid. I've lived a full life and if I'm dead tomorrow, I don't give a damn. I've done it all I really have

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We’re family. We believe in each other. That’s everything.

Freddie Mercury Quote 114

We're four misfits who don't belong together, we're playing for other misfits. They're the outcasts right at the back of the room. We're pretty sure they don't belong either. We belong to them.'

Freddie Mercury Quote 115

Good thoughts, good words, good deeds.'

Freddie Mercury Quote 116

there’s only room in this band for one hysterical queen.

Freddie Mercury Quote 117

They’re not my friends, not really. They’re distractions

Freddie Mercury Quote 118

What more do you need to know? I make music.