Freddie Mercury Quotes - Page 3

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

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.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality. Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see, I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, Because I'm easy come, easy go, Little high, little low, Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.

I want it all and I want it now.

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

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

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.

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance Why can't we give love that one more chance Why can't we give love Cause love's such an old fashioned word and love dares you to care for The people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of Caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is our last dance This is ourselves Under pressure

Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with my doctor and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease.

I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years now. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. For example, when we're backstage and the lights go out and the manic roar of the crowds begins, it doesn't affect me the way in which it did for Freddy [sic] Mercury who seemed to love, relish in the love and adoration from the crowd, which is something I totally admire and envy.

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

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

If I didn't do this well, I just wouldn't have anything to do... I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife.

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.

They wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something.

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!

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 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.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

The bigger the better; in everything.