I'm not into business at all.

- Freddie Mercury

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

- Freddie Mercury

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

- Freddie Mercury

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

- Freddie Mercury

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

- Freddie Mercury

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

- Freddie Mercury

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

- Freddie Mercury

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

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

- Freddie Mercury

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

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

- Freddie Mercury

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

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

- Freddie Mercury

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

- 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

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

- Freddie Mercury

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.

- Freddie Mercury

Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.

- 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.

- Freddie Mercury

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

- Freddie Mercury