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.
FREDDIE MERCURYThe 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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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 want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
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I won’t be a rockstar. I will be a legend.
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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 love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.
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The bigger, the better; in everything.
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I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
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Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it.
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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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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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Modern paintings are like women, you’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.
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You’re headed for disaster cause you never read the signs. Too much love will kill you every time.
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But touch my tears, with your lips. Touch my world, with your fingertips. And we can have forever. And we can love forever. Forever is our today.
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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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The others don’t like my interviews. And frankly, I don’t care much for theirs.
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