Quotes By Freddie Mercury

Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.

All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary, but it's simply impossible. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that's enough for me.

I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.

I just like having fun. It's a very good release, rock music, but you know you say that I am a different person on stage and that same thing could be said of anyone going out to do his job. It's my work, and I'm very serious about it, getting it right - when we began, we approached it the way we did because we were not prepared to be out-of-work musicians, ever. We said either take it on as a serious commodity or don't do it at all.

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film - after that, they can go away and say that was great, and go back to their problems. I don't want to change the world with our music. There are no hidden messages in our songs, except for some of Brian's.

I would have loved to have been on the Band Aid record but I only heard about it when I was in Germany. I don't know if they would have had me on the record anyway, because I'm a bit old.

I'm possessed by love - but isn't everybody?

Most of my songs are love ballads and things to do with sadness and torture and pain.

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 humour at the end.

Montserrat Caballé is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural. It's a very different gift.

You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man.

Success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it's prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.

Can you imagine how terrible it is when you've got everything and you're still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words.

I'm so powerful on stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man.

I can't win. Love is Russian roulette for me.

No one loves the real me inside. they're all in love with my fame, my stardom.

I fall in love far too quickly and end up getting hurt all the time. I've got scars all over.

I can't help myself because basically I'm a softie I have this hard, macho shell - which I project on stage but there's a much softer side. too, which melts like butter.

Our love affair ended in tears but a deep bond grew out of it, and that's something nobody can take away from us. It's unreachable.