We don’t do it for the money, we do it for the music.
FREDDIE MERCURYSuccess 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.
More Freddie Mercury Quotes
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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.
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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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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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If I die tomorrow I will not regret. I really did everything I could.
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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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Who wants to live forever?
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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 dress to kill, but tastefully.
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If I had to do it all over again? Why not, I would do it a little bit differently.
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Excess is part of my nature. Dullness is a disease. I really need danger and excitement. I’m never scared of putting myself out on a limb.
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You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolization and millions of pounds. But it’s prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.
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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 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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I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
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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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