Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

Who wants to live forever?

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

I'm not into business at all.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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.

Freddie Mercury
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.

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

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.