Good Quotes

I knew Fred since I was 14 and was first going to the Old Town School, Fred used to work part-time in the store. Every time I wrote a song Fred would turn on his really good high-class tape recorder, reel-to-reel, and record it. So he's got recordings of me on guitar singing all my songs in his apartment long before I ever recorded for a recording company. I never found out what happened to the tapes.

As good as you've been to this world is as good as it's gonna be right back to you.

All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I ever wanted. Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me. And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that's the trouble.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

One good man, Oh ain't much, honey ain't much, It's only everything...

Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren't going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.

For whatever you're doing, for your creative juices, your geography's got a hell of a lot to do with it. You really have to be in a good place, and then you have to be either on your way there or on your way from there.

Without freedom of expression, good taste means nothing.

It's the way I like to work for these kinds of songs [like "Peace Trail"]. It was the right time of the month; everything was looking good.

It's easy to get buried in the past when you try to make a good thing last.

I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!

If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good - and I'm both.

I've been clean for ages, I'm at the gym all the time, everyone feels good.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.

When the good times come around, they gallup in like wild horses. You just try to stay on them for as long as you can. And when they throw you off, you just wait in the shade until they come around again.

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

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.

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, no one is going to stop me now.

Even if it's just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.

The Carmen Miranda of rock 'n' roll. But what can I say? I'm a flamboyant personality. I like going out and having a good time.