We’ve gone overboard on every Queen album. But that’s Queen.
A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrica! event.
Onstage, I am a devil. But I’m hardly a social reject.
The reason we’re successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.
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.
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.
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.
I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That’s the kind of world I live in. It’s very sort of flamboyant, and that’s the kind of way I write. I love it.
I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it.
They wouldn’t let us into Russia. They thought we’d corrupt the youth or something.
When I’m dead who cares? I don’t...
I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world.
One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.
About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.
I’m not afraid to speak out, and say things that I want to do, or do the things that I want to do, so um, I think in the end, being natural, and being, being actually genuine is what wins.
I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.
Jimi Hendrix is very important. He’s my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There’s no way you can compare him. You either have the magic or you don’t. There’s no way you can work up to it. There’s nobody who can take his place.
I don’t talk to everybody, so they don’t really know the real me. I don’t think anybody will...