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
Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!
I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years now. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. For example, when we're backstage and the lights go out and the manic roar of the crowds begins, it doesn't affect me the way in which it did for Freddy [sic] Mercury who seemed to love, relish in the love and adoration from the crowd, which is something I totally admire and envy.
About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.
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.
When I'm dead who cares? I don't...
I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.
I don't talk to everybody, so they don't really know the real me. I don't think anybody will...
Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There's no way you can compare him. You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it. There's nobody who can take his place.
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.
It's not a question of money anymore. I spend money like it's nothing. You know, I could be penniless tomorrow, but I'd get back, somehow.
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!
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.
When the whole point of Queen was to be original.
The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.