30 Freddie Mercury phrases to remember this rock icon

I will not be a rock star, I will be a legend!

Bring him back, to me, don’t take him away from me because you don’t know how important he is to me.

I can not win. Love is Russian roulette to me. Nobody loves the true inner self. They’re all in love with my fame, my stardom.

Do it all over again? Why not? I would do it a little differently.

I love being surrounded by extravagant things.

To this day, people ask me what I meant in Bohemian Rhapsody. I answer that I don’t know, I hate to analyze my songs for others.

There are two ways to know how many friends you have: winning everything or losing everything.

I always knew I was a star, and now everyone else in the world seems to agree with me.

I don’t just sit at home reading books, I think it’s a waste of time. I want to live, and I don’t worry about this, or that, or what people will think of me. Do you know why I live peacefully? Why does God take care of me.

The reason for our success, honey? My charisma, of course!

A lot of what I do is pretend, it’s like being an actor. On stage, I pretend I’m macho and all. In the clips I play several characters, always pretending.

All people are made up of many ingredients, I think I have a soft side and a hard side. On stage, I’m very strong, nobody catches me, I’m very powerful there. Offstage, I soften, and for the right people, I’m a very vulnerable, little baby.

Criticism be damned, I’m taking ballet to the masses.

I hate writing lyrics, I’m not a poet. I want a lyricist… Lie! I prefer to do everything myself, I’m a greedy bitch.

My glove… Did you like it? It was a gift from the devil himself.

I think being natural and sincere is what really matters.

People don’t like my interviews… frankly, I don’t care about them.

I respect royalty a lot.

I always thought we would be great… And we are!

Can you imagine how terrible it is when you have everything and you’re still hopelessly alone? This is terrible beyond words.

I’m a musical whore, honey.

I’m loved by thousands of people, but I think I’m the loneliest man in the world.

Oh yes, I’m the big pretender pretending I’m fine. My need is so much that I pretend a lot, because I’m alone, but no one notices.

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a cave-in with no escape from reality.

This make-believe feeling is so real.

Sometimes I feel like I’ve gone back to the old days – a long time ago.

I thought the group would only last about 5 years, then I would be a cleaning lady.

I am a man of extremes. I have a soft side and a hard side, not much in between.

All my lovers ask me why they couldn’t replace Mary, but it’s just impossible. The only friend I have is Mary and I don’t want anyone else. To me, she was my common law wife.