Music Quotes

It's lovely to hear that We Are The Champions is a song that's been taken up by, you know, football fans 'cause that's a winners' song which keeps coming back.

He really had everything a rock & roll star should have - style, presence; he didn't have to force anything. He'd just make an entrance and the whole place would be on fire. He was living out everything I wanted to be.

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

We came to South America originally because we were invited down. They wanted four wholesome lads to play some nice music. Now I'd like to buy up the entire continent and install myself as President.

This album is dedicated to my cat Jerry - also Tom, Oscar, and Tiffany and all the cat lovers across the universe - screw everybody else!

Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and he's said nice things about me, you know.

You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever... just never make me boring.

There's one thing we're all waiting for, it's peace on earth and end to war, it's the miracle we need ... The Miracle!

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.

They wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something.

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

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

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.

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it.

One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.

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.

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.

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