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British - Musician September 5, 1946 - November 24, 1991 See also: Quotes about Freddie Mercury

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
Freddie Mercury
 
Way   Bad   Doing   Born

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

Freddie Mercury
 
Live   Our   Album   Concert

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.
Freddie Mercury
 
Money   Back   Product   Thing

Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with
harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.
Freddie Mercury
 
Harmony   Old   Back   Old Days

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.
Freddie Mercury
 
You   Together   Know   Act

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I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
Freddie Mercury
 
Me   World   Rest   Always

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

Freddie Mercury
 
Dress

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

Freddie Mercury
 
Art   Illustration   College   Got

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.
Freddie Mercury
 
Life   New   Nothing   Always

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.
Freddie Mercury
 
You   Fashion   Clothes   Fun

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I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

Freddie Mercury
 
Things   Like   Surrounded   Splendid

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

Freddie Mercury
 
Think   Lyrics   Superior   I Think

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

Freddie Mercury
 
Life   Want   Surrounded   Lead

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 Mercury
 
Music   Never   Us   Own

I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.

Freddie Mercury
 
Money   Hopeless   Got   Simply

I'm not into business at all.

Freddie Mercury
 
Business

I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.

Freddie Mercury
 
Time   Go   Think   May

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.
Freddie Mercury
 
You   Weird   Know   Call

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.
Freddie Mercury
 
Black   White   Bold   Just

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your
whole career has been contrived.
Freddie Mercury
 
You   Soul   Talent   Your

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.
Freddie Mercury
 
Me   Night   Mood   Only

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

Freddie Mercury
 
Devil   I Am   Social   Am

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
Freddie Mercury
 
Me   Others   Got   Presentation

The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.
Freddie Mercury
 
Care   Like   Others   don't Care

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.
Freddie Mercury
 
 Well   Us   Days   Early

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
Freddie Mercury
 
Music   Big   Noise   Bit

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