Quotes

“We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.” Freddie Mercury

“I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.” Freddie Mercury

“I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.” 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

“I like to be surrounded by splendid things.” Freddie Mercury

“I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.” Freddie Mercury

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

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

“But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.” Freddie Mercury

“I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.” 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'm not into business at all.” Freddie Mercury

“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

“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

“The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.” Freddie Mercury

“When the whole point of Queen was to be original.” 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

“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

“She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.” Boy George

“I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.” Boy George

“Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.” Boy George

“I'm being honest, I say what I think.” Boy George

“A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.” Boy George

“A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me.” Boy George

“I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.” Boy George

“I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.” Boy George

“My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you.” Boy George

“When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.” Boy George

“An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.” Boy George