Zitat des Tages von Freddie Mercury:
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.
The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.
I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
I dress to kill, but tastefully.
The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.
I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.
We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.
I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?
I'm not into business at all.
I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.
I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.
Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!
The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
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.
We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology.
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.
A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.
It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
Who wants to live forever?
And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.
We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.
But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.
Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.
I like to be surrounded by splendid things.