Quotes By Freddie Mercury

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and sounds splendid.

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

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

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

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.

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

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

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.

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 confident people will take to us, because although the camp image has already been established by people like Bowie and Bolan we are taking it to another level.

Gay as a daffodil.

I hate pockets in trousers ... By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.

Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There's no way you can compare him. You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it. There's nobody who can take his place.

Liza, in terms of sheer talent, just oozes with it. She has sheer energy and stamina, which she gets across the stage, and the way she delivers herself to the public is a good influence. There is a lot to learn from her.