I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
FREDDIE MERCURYI like to be surrounded by splendid things.
More Freddie Mercury Quotes
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I never thought of myself as the leader, the most important person, perhaps.
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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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I’m a very emotional person, a person of real extremes, and that’s often destructive both to me and others.
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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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I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
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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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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.
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I won’t be a rockstar. I will be a legend.
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Who wants to live forever?
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I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
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One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.
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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.
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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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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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The bigger, the better; in everything.
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