"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."
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Freddie Mercury quotes (page 2 of 6)
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"I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world."
"Gay as a daffodil."
"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."
"We don't do it for the money... we do it for the music."
"One year of love is better than a lifetime alone."
"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear."
"I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me."
"If i had to do it all over again? Why not, I would do it a little bit differently."
"If it's planned, it's boring"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there."
"When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance."
"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."
"We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise."
"My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends."
"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 ."