Quotes from Freddie Mercury

I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.

One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.

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

Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

This thing called love, it cries like a baby in a cradle all night. It swings, it jives, it shakes all over like a jelly fish. I kinda like it.

One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.

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

I was born to love you with every single beat of my heart. I was born to take care of you every single day of my life.

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.

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

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

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.

You're headed for disaster cos you never read the signs Too much love will kill you every time

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

The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

I'm not into business at all.

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.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

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

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

Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!