"I like to be surrounded by splendid things."
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Freddie Mercury quotes (page 4 of 6)
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"I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps."
"I have no aspirations of growing old and boring."
"In terms of love, you're not in control and I hate that feeling. I seem to write a lot of sad songs because I'm a very tragic person. But there's always an element of humour at the end."
"I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration."
"I'm a Freddie Mercury fan. (In response to an interviewer backstage at a Queen concert at the LA Forum, who asked: Can I tell my viewers that Michael Jackson is a Queen fan?"
"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'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time."
"I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film."
"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."
"I want it all and I want it now."
"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 want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter."
"I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle; 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...; I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman; All I wanna do is bicycle, bicycle, bicycle..."
"You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it."
"Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. I'd say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there!"
"Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!"
"Hey man, Jaws was never my scene, and i don't like Star Wars"
"Who wants to live forever?"
"We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen."