Quotes from Freddie Mercury

It's boring to be 70, I don't want to be there, I'll be dead and gone, I don't have any aspirations to be 70.

I'm not afraid to speak out, and say things that I want to do, or do the things that I want to do, so um, I think in the end, being natural, and being, being actually genuine is what wins.

The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamour is part of us and we want to be dandy.

Who wants to live forever?

Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. I'd say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there!

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

Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.

We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.

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

I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world.

I'm so powerful in 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'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.

Hey man, Jaws was never my scene, and i don't like Star Wars

I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

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.

You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it.

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

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 dress to kill, but tastefully.

I'm a very emotional person, a person of real extremes, and that's often destructive both to myself and others.