Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercurywas a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the rock band Queen. He also became known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury wrote and composed numerous hits for Queen; occasionally served as a producer and guest musicianfor other artists; and concurrently led a solo career while performing with Queen...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth5 September 1946
CityZanzibar City, Tanzania
We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .
I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me
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.
A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.
Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
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.
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 think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
I'm a Freddie Mercury fan. (In response to an interviewer backstage at a Queen concert at the LA Forum, who asked: Can I tell my viewers that Michael Jackson is a Queen fan?
They wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something.
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