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" A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event. "

Freddie Mercury

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" 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 . "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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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" 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. "

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" I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend. "

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" Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it! "

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

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" I like to be surrounded by splendid things. "

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

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" What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy? "

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" 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 guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime. "

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" When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance. "

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" The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs. "

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

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

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" Who wants to live forever? "

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