Queen Quotes
The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and sounds splendid.
When the whole point of Queen was to be original.
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.
You know something? There's been a lot of rumors lately about a certain band called Queen. The rumors are that... The rumors are that we're gonna split up. What do you think? [audience replies "No!"] [Pointing to his posterior] They're talking from here!
We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
I thought up the name Queen early on. It couldn't have been King; it doesn't have the same ring or aura as Queen.
I feel that the name Queen actually fitted that time. It lent itself to a lot of things, like the theatre, and it was grand. It was very pompous, with all kinds of connotations. It meant so much. It wasn't just one precise label. I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it.
That was really when the Queen volcano erupted, when it suddenly just went bang!
I had a lot of ideas bursting to get out and there were a lot of musical territories I wanted to explore which I really couldn't do within Queen.
You know, I designed the Queen crest, I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs and I don't even believe in astrology.
I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it.
People are used to hard rock, energy music from Queen, yet with ['Killer Queen'] you almost expect Noel Coward to sing it. It's one of those bowler hat, black suspender belt numbers -- not that Coward would wear that.
You can call me a fat, balding, talentless old queen who can't sing, but you can't tell lies about me.
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