I leave you with the best phrases of Freddie Mercury, recognized as one of the best voices in musical history, he had a great range and vocal dominance, in addition to marking a milestone in the history of music with Queen, due to his great versatility, creativity and eccentricity.
Freddie Mercury, of Parsi and Indian descent, was a British singer, pianist, songwriter, and musician, best known for being the lead singer of the British band Queen. His single Bohemian Rhapsody, with a mixture of operatic and rock elements, is just one example of what he was capable of creating. Queen and Mercury were never pigeonholed into a single musical genre and broke with the paradigms of the time.
Statue as a tribute to Freddie Mercury in Montreux, Switzerland. Source: pixabay.com
-The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamor is part of us and we want to be cool.
-We are flashy, but the music is not very scandalous.
"I'm as gay as a daffodil, dear!"
-The show must go on.
-It's boring to be 70, I don't want to get to that point. I'll already be dead and gone. I have no aspiration to reach 70.
-I have no hope if I don't have money; I just spend what I have
- What if what am I going to be doing in twenty years? I'm going to be dead, dear! Are you crazy?
-You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man in the world. And that is the most bitter loneliness.
-I am very emotional. I think I'm going to go crazy in a few years.
-There is one thing we are all waiting for, and that is peace on earth and the end of war. It is the miracle we need.
-The monotony is a disease.
"Is Billy Idol just another bad Elvis impression, or was he just born that way?"
-Modern paintings are like women, you will never enjoy them if you try to understand them.
-I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
-The more the better; in everything.
-We have excelled in each of Queen's albums. But that's how Queen is.
-I have fun with my wardrobe on stage; It is not a concert you are seeing, it is a fashion show.
-I have never thought of myself as the leader, but perhaps as the most important person.
-If I die tomorrow I will not regret it. I really did everything I could.
-I obtained my diploma in graphics and illustration from the Ealing Institute of the Arts.
-I don't like the way my teeth stick out. I'm going to fix them, I just haven't had the time. Putting that aside, I'm perfect.
-I designed the Queen's crest. I just combined all the creatures that represent our zodiac signs, and I don't even believe in astrology.
-One night Roger was in a bad mood and started throwing his whole damn drum kit across the stage. Almost and hit me, I could have died.
-I have ideas looking to emerge, and there are many musical territories that I have wanted to explore, and that I could not experiment with Queen.
-I am not afraid to speak up and say the things I want to say, or say the things I want to do. In the end, being natural, being genuine is what wins over everything.
-It is no longer a question of money. I spend money like it's nothing. You know, tomorrow I might not have a penny, but I would come back, somehow.
-We are a musical group that is very expensive; we break a lot of the rules. Opera has never been seen to be combined with a rock song, dear.
-In the beginning we did things the way we did, because we were not prepared to be unemployed musicians. We decided to take it seriously or not at all.
-My soul has been colored like the wings of butterflies.
-What you must understand is that my voice comes from the energy of the audience. The better they are, the better I am too.
-I have never been too enthusiastic about the British music press. They called us the supermarket bustle, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our lyrics.
-I like to be surrounded by splendid things.
-If I had to do it all over again? Why not? I would do everything a little differently.
-I love the fact that we can make people happy, in any way.
-Oh, I wasn't made to go to heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is so much better. Think of all the cool people you would meet there!
-On stage I am a demon, but I am not socially rejected.
-I dress to kill, but with style.
-Dears, the things I have done in this life! Definitely, if my life were a movie, it would be classified as triple X.
-The school was an atmosphere conducive to musicians. I got my diploma and thought I would give it a try to become a freelance artist.
-The others don't like my interviews. And to be frank, I don't care much about theirs.
-The press did not like us in our beginnings because they could not do anything to us. That was the case with Led Zeppelin as well.
-If you planned it, then it's boring.
-I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
-My parents were very strict. They thought a boarding school would do me good.. That helped me manage from a young age and be responsible.
-No age is good to marry. You have to be a fool to get married.
-I have visions. In fact, sometimes I see that my life becomes a movie in which I play a key role, but where I will not play the protagonist.
-My songs are like Bic razors. Modern and made for fun. You listen to it, you like it, you discard it and the next one.
"I'm just a music prostitute, dear."
-A year of love is better than a lifetime of loneliness.
- About ten years ago I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I still know three chords on the guitar.
-I am a completely different man on the inside.
-Magic is something that you simply have or not. There is no way you can work on it to develop it.
-I fall hard in love too fast. That ends with me getting seriously hurt.
-Destroy the soul to know that you are a stir, that you have no talent and that your entire career has been part of a plan.
-When I am dead, I want to be remembered as a musician with merit and substance.
-The problem with love is that you lose control and it is a very vulnerable state to be in. I would love to be in a relationship with someone, but it never seems to work.
-They didn't let us go to Russia. They thought we were going to corrupt the youth or something.
-I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It's nothing new, I used to spend every penny
-Who would like to live forever?
-I never bring money with me, like the real queen. If I want something in a store, I ask someone on our staff to buy it.
-The more you open up, the more hurt you end up, so I'm practically full of scars and I don't care if they do it again.
-I'm not involved in the business world at all.
-I open with her, more than with anyone. We have had many ups and downs in this time that we have been together, but this has made our relationship stronger.
-The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous, it doesn't matter how long it is.
-It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and now no one is going to stop me.
-You can be whatever you want to be, just transform yourself into whatever you think you can become.
-I like that people leave a Queen show feeling completely satisfied and having had a good time.
-One cannot have control in love and I hate that feeling. It seems that I write a lot of sad songs because I am so tragic, but I always add an element of humor to the end.
-I am a romantic, but I put a barrier around me so that it is difficult for people to get close to me and get to know me.
-The name Queen was a very wonderful name and it sounded splendid. It had a lot of power and was open to interpretation.
-I feel like Queen was actually fit for that era. It lent itself to many things like theater. It was very pompous and with all kinds of connotations. It meant too many things.
-We don't have a budget today. Our manager freaks out when we show him the invoices. We are luxurious to the bone, but all that money is paid back on the product.
-If we can make people feel good or hopefully bring a smile to their long faces, even for an hour of their lives, that's worth it to me.
- “We Are The Champions” is the most selfish and arrogant song I've ever written. I was thinking about football when I wrote it. I wanted a song where the masses participated.
-If I hadn't done this right, I wouldn't have anything to do. I don't know how to cook, and I would be a terrible housewife.
-Years ago, I came up with the name Queen. It was just a name. It was majestic, obviously, and it sounded wonderful.
-I want to live the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite disorder.
-I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
-Money does not buy happiness, but it can very well give you!
-Success has made the world idolize me, and has given me millions of pounds, but has prevented me from having one of the things we all need: a loving relationship.
-I am attracted to a luxurious presentation and I have to convince others.
-Jimi Hendrix is very important to me, he is my idol. He optimizes, from his presentation on stage, the work of a rock star. It has no comparison.
-I always knew I was a star, and now the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
-That video (I Want to Break Free), impressed many people because they did not find it funny. We assume our roles easily. I think, it's one of our best videos.
-I have always wanted to make a solo album. She wished it was the right time and place to work on the songs she wanted before she got old.
-I don't talk to everyone, so they don't really know the real me. I don't think anyone ever will.
-What do you want to interview me? Oh, don't be ridiculous.
-I am possessed by love, but aren't we all?
-I am a very sensitive person, a really extreme person and that is generally destructive, both for myself and for others.
-I think Queen's songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good movie.
-Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose and Teeth. But it was never conceived because no one agrees on the order.
-Queen's original goal was to be original.
- Bohemian Rhapsody sold over a million and a quarter copies in the UK alone, which is incredible. Imagine all the grannies shaking to the beat of this song.
-Eliminate the good and preserve the bad. Don't believe everything you read in the Bible.
"What if I know the reason why we are successful, dear?" For my charisma in general, of course.
-A concert is not a live tribute to our album. It is a theatrical event.
-I find it difficult to read books, I think they are a waste of time.
“As for me, I've lived a full life, and if I die tomorrow, I don't give a damn. I have lived. And I've really done everything.
-Are they going to remember me when I'm dead? I don't think so, that depends on them. When I die, who cares? Not me.
-Led Zeppelin is the best of all. Robert Plant is one of the best original vocalists of our time. As a rock band, they deserve to have the success they are experiencing.
-In our beginnings, if we did something with harmony, we were like the Beach Hoys. And if we did something heavy, we were like Led Zeppelin.
-Many of my songs are fantasy. I dream of all kinds of things. That is the world I live in. It's quite, in a way, outlandish, and that's the way I write. I love him.
-What if it means this or that, that's what people want to know. I'd say what any decent poet does if someone asks you to analyze their work: if you can't see it, then there it is!
-As far as (Live Aid Concert) is concerned, I'm doing it for pride. I really think it is a pride to be together with all these stars, and to be able to do something worthwhile.
-In our early days, we simply wore black on stage. Very daring, dear. That's when we introduced white, for variety reasons, and it grew and grew.
-I feel so strong on stage that it seems I have created a monster. When I'm on stage I am very outgoing, but on the inside, I am a completely different man.