14 Freddie Mercury Quotes on Music

Freddie Mercury quotes on music

7. I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained. I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.

9. I'm possessed by love--but isn't everybody? Most of my songs are love ballads and things to do with sadness and

13. Montserrat Cabelle is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural. It's a very different gift.

14. 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.

16. I havent 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 Mercury who seemed to love, relish in the love and adoration from the crowd, which is something I totally admire and envy.

17. If I didn't have Freddie Mercury's lyrics to hold on to as a kid, I don't know where I would be. It taught me about all forms of music. It would open my mind. I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life.

18. The difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice.

29. 'I've made no effort to become a guitar hero because I can't play the fucking guitar!'

50. 'If I didn't do this, I, I don't have anything to do, you know. I can't cook, I'm not very good at being a housewife.'

51. 'As long as the music is still there, and as long as the people are still buying the music, then, then it's OK. When they stop stop buying our records, then I'll say goodbye and do something else, become a strip artist or something.'

59. 'Okay, what should we do for you now? Let me see. Would you like something a bit softer, something quiet, or something heavier?' -Earls Court, 1977

62. 'Thanks, thank you my darlings, you load of tarts, thank you. I think it's really interesting doing those acoustic things, don't you think? I think in the future, we might really think about introducing some more. So Brian's going to have to go and write some, because I can't.' -Earls Court, 1977

71. 'This shitty guitar never plays the chords I want it to play. It only knows three chords, but let's see what happens. This is for all you lovely, crazy people out there.' - Queen: Live At Wembley Stadium 1986 (intro to 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love')

72. 'About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.' - Queen on Fire: Live At The Bowl, Milton Keynes 1982 (intro to 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love')