A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That’s the kind of world I live in. It’s very sort of flamboyant, and that’s the kind of way I write. I love it.
FREDDIE MERCURYI do not have love does not mean I don’t have anybody.
More Freddie Mercury Quotes
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I don’t want to die, so sometimes I think it would have been better if I had never been born.
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When I’m dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
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Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It’s just a name. But it’s regal, obviously, and sounds splendid.
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I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
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A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrical event.
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Modern paintings are like women, you’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.
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Whatever I am doing, I am not doing it for money but for music.
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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.
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Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it.
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We should never be disappointed with money; Because we only get what we have got.
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The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamour is part of us, and we want to be dandy.
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If we’re weird onstage, I don’t know what you’d call the Tubes.
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We are all waiting for when there will be peace on earth and the end of the war. If this happens then it would be a miracle.
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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.
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Love of my life, you’ve hurt me. You’ve broken my heart, and now you leave me. Love of my life, can’t you see? Bring it back, bring it back, and don’t take it away from me, because you don’t know what it means to me.
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I’m hopeless with money; I simply spend what I’ve got.
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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.
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I have fun with my clothes onstage; it’s not a concert you’re seeing, it’s a fashion show.
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I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
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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!
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The reason we’re successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
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I dress to kill, but tastefully.
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Success is my breathing space. I brought it on myself. I will price it, I will cash it, I can take it or leave it. Loneliness is my hiding place, breastfeeding myself. What more can I say? I have swallowed the bitter pill, I can taste it. Life is real.
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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 humor at the end.
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What will I be doing in twenty years’ time? I’ll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?
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The more you open up, the more you get hurt. So basically, I’m just riddled with scars and I just don’t want any more.
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