Freddie Mercury Quotes

You know when you know you've gone rotten? Really rotten? Fruit flies. Dirty little fruit flies. Coming to feast on what's left.

If any of you fuss about it or frown about it, or worst of all, if you bore me with your sympathy, that's just seconds wasted. Seconds that could be used making music, which is all I want to do with the time I have left. I don't have time to be anybody's victim, AIDS poster boy or cautionary tale. No, I decide who I am. I'm going to be what I was born to be: a performer that gives the people what they want: a touch of the heavens! Freddie fucking Mercury.

Ray Foster : It goes on forever, six bloody minutes!
Freddie Mercury : I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever.

I went to Munich. I hired a bunch of guys, I told them exactly what to do and the problem was, they did it. No push-back from Roger, none of Brian's re-writes, none of John's funny looks. I need you, and you need me.

: Formulas are a complete and utter waste of time.

I have four extra incisors.

I'm not the leader of Queen, I'm only the lead singer.

The human condition requires a bit of anesthesia.

John Reid : So, tell me. What makes Queen any different from all of the other wannabe rockstars I meet?
Freddie Mercury : Tell you what it is, Mr. Reid. Now we're four misfits who don't belong together, we're playing for the other misfits. They're the outcasts, right at the back of the room. We're pretty sure they don't belong either. We belong to them.

Good thoughts, good words, good deeds. Just like you taught me, papa.

Young Man at Clinic : Ay-oh?
Freddie Mercury : Ay-oh.

Jim Beach : They just need a bit of time.
Freddie Mercury : What if I don't have time?

We can be. We believe in each other... that's everything. We are going to do great things. It's an experience - love, tragedy, joy... it's something that people will feel belongs to them.

I'm just a musical prostitute.

We're family. We believe in each other. That's everything.

Bomi Bulsara : So now the family name is not good enough for you.
Freddie Mercury : I've changed it legally. No going back.

Roger, there's only room in this band for one hysterical queen.

Happy birthday, Mr Mercury...

Mmm. They say money can't buy happiness, darlings! But it does allow you to give it away!

Reporter 2 : Freddie, uh, your teeth! Why don't you get your teeth fixed?
Freddie Mercury : I live in Britain. I don't want to stand out.

You will forever be known as the man who lost Queen.

How much do you think we can get for this van?