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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.
Freddie Mercury
Variety
When the whole point of Queen was to be original.
Freddie Mercury
Queen
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
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Want
Worth
What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?
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Time
Will
Years
We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
Freddie Mercury
Queen
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 .
Freddie Mercury
Opera
Rules
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.
Freddie Mercury
Press
The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.
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Care
Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
Freddie Mercury
Devil
One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.
Freddie Mercury
Night
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.
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Thought
Name
Queen
Years
Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!
Freddie Mercury
Money
Happiness
May
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.
Freddie Mercury
Astrology
Queen
It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
Freddie Mercury
Talent
Soul
Career
We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
Freddie Mercury
Music