Freddie Mercury Quotes

British - Musician September 5, 1946 - November 24, 1991

See also: Quotes about Freddie Mercury

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

Freddie Mercury

Legend Rock Star Rock Will Star

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

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Dead Worth Want Remembered

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

Freddie Mercury

Things Like Surrounded Splendid

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

Freddie Mercury

You Fashion Clothes Have Fun

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

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Live Concert Event Album

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

Freddie Mercury

Time Crazy You Dead

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

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Money Hopeless Got Simply

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

Soul Talent You Your

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

Freddie Mercury

Queen Be Original Original Point

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

Freddie Mercury

Happiness Money May Damn

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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

Queen Believe You Know

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

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

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Reason Successful Charisma Darling

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

Freddie Mercury

Art College Diploma Got

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

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Me World Rest Always

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

Freddie Mercury

Queen Thought Name Just

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

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Time Think May Emotional

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 .

Freddie Mercury

Group Rules Rock Opera

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

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Life Want Surrounded Lead

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

Money Back Manager Product

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

Black White Bold Early

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.

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Early Days Us Finger

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

Freddie Mercury

Just Dear Musical

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

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I Am Devil Social Am

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

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Me Others Presentation Got

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

Freddie Mercury

Care Like Others Interviews

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