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.
FREDDIE MERCURYWe’re a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It’s unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear.
More Freddie Mercury Quotes
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My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends.
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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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Boredom is the biggest disease in the world, darling.
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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 never thought of myself as the leader, the most important person, perhaps.
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The reason we’re successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
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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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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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I won’t be a rockstar. I will be a legend.
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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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Whatever I am doing, I am not doing it for money but for music.
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Success 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.
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I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
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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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Who wants to live forever?
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