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.
FREDDIE MERCURYIn the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
More Freddie Mercury Quotes
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We should never be disappointed with money; Because we only get what we have got.
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I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
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Who wants to live forever?
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If we’re weird onstage, I don’t know what you’d call the Tubes.
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I won’t be a rockstar. I will be a legend.
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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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Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don’t want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you’re going to meet down there.
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Modern paintings are like women, you’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.
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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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Put out the good and keep the bad – don’t believe all you read in the Bible.
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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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I have fun with my clothes onstage; it’s not a concert you’re seeing, it’s a fashion show.
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A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrical event.
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I’m possessed by love, but isn’t everybody?
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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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