I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
FREDDIE MERCURYIn 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.
More Freddie Mercury Quotes
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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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Modern paintings are like women, you’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.
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The others don’t like my interviews. And frankly, I don’t care much for theirs.
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We’re a bit flashy, but the music’s not one big noise.
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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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You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be.
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A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrical event.
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I fall in love much too quickly and that results in me getting badly hurt. The problem with love is that you lose control and that is a very vulnerable state to be in.
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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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When we began, we approached it the way we did because we were not prepared to be out-of-work musicians, ever. We said either take it on as a serious commodity or don’t do it at all.
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One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.
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My game of love has just begun, love runs from my head down to my toes. My love is pumping through my veins. Play the game, driving me insane.
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The reason we’re successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
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I don’t talk to everybody, so they don’t really know the real me. I don’t think anybody will.
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I won’t be a rockstar. I will be a legend.
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