Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
– Freddie Mercury
People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Well I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyse his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there.
– Freddie Mercury
What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?
– Freddie Mercury
We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
– Freddie Mercury
Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!
– Freddie Mercury
I'm not into business at all.
– Freddie Mercury
I'm hopeless with money I simply spend what I've got.
– Freddie Mercury
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.
– Freddie Mercury
I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
– Freddie Mercury
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.