Top 90 Freddie Mercury Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I want it all and I want it now.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Music Quotes, Passion Quotes, Ambition Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Longing Quotes

2. “Who wants to live forever?”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Music Quotes

3. “You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Transformation Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Quotes About Believing, Imagination Quotes, Individuality Quotes

4. “It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one’s gonna stop me now.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Optimism Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Quotes About Feelings, Smile Quotes

5. “I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Music Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Legacy Quotes

6. “Don’t stop me now, I’m having such a good time, I’m having a ball.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Music Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Joy Quotes, Weekend Quotes

7. “The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it’s fabulous I don’t care how long it is.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Aesthetic Quotes, Crazy Quotes

8. “My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends...”

— Freddie Mercury

9. “If it’s planned, it’s boring.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Silly Quotes, Boredom Quotes

10. “I’m just a musical prostitute, my dear.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Crazy Quotes, Sexy Quotes

11. “I was born to love you with every single beat of my heart. I was born to take care of you every single day of my life.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Love Quotes, Love Life Quotes, Longing Quotes, Thinking of You Quotes, Good Morning Quotes for Her

12. “I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.”

— Freddie Mercury

13. “One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.”

— Freddie Mercury

14. “The bigger the better; in everything.”

— Freddie Mercury

Featured in: Silly Quotes

15. “Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don’t want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you’re going to meet down there!”

— Freddie Mercury

16. “When I’m dead who cares? I don’t...”

— Freddie Mercury

17. “Get on your bikes and ride!”

— Freddie Mercury

18. “I don’t talk to everybody, so they don’t really know the real me. I don’t think anybody will...”

— Freddie Mercury

19. “You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it’s prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.”

— Freddie Mercury

20. “I always knew I was a star, and now the rest of the world seems to agree with me.”

— Freddie Mercury

21. “I’m a very emotional person, a person of real extremes, and that’s often destructive both to myself and others.”

— Freddie Mercury

22. “I’m possessed by love – but isn’t everybody?”

— Freddie Mercury

23. “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.”

— Freddie Mercury

24. “Modern paintings are like women, you’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.”

— Freddie Mercury

25. “I Want To Ride My Bicycle I Want To Ride My Bike I Want To Ride My bicycle I Want To Ride It Where I Like.”

— Freddie Mercury

26. “I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.”

— Freddie Mercury

27. “I have no aspirations of growing old and boring.”

— Freddie Mercury

28. “The reason we’re successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.”

— Freddie Mercury

29. “When I’m dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.”

— Freddie Mercury

30. “I dress to kill, but tastefully.”

— Freddie Mercury

31. “About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.”

— Freddie Mercury

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

— Freddie Mercury

33. “It’s boring to be 70, I don’t want to be there, I’ll be dead and gone, I don’t have any aspirations to be 70...”

— Freddie Mercury

34. “Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!”

— Freddie Mercury

35. “No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.”

— Freddie Mercury

36. “I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.”

— Freddie Mercury

37. “What you must understand is that my voice comes from the energy of the audience. The better they are, the better I get.”

— Freddie Mercury

38. “You’re headed for disaster cos you never read the signs Too much love will kill you every time.”

— Freddie Mercury

39. “You either have the magic or you don’t. There’s no way you can work up to it.”

— Freddie Mercury

40. “Interview? Oh don’t be ridiculous.”

— Freddie Mercury

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

— Freddie Mercury

42. “Does it mean this, does it mean that, that’s all anybody wants to know. I’d say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it’s there!”

— Freddie Mercury

43. “I like to be surrounded by splendid things.”

— Freddie Mercury

44. “I’m hopeless with money; I simply spend what I’ve got.”

— Freddie Mercury

45. “I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world.”

— Freddie Mercury

46. “I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.”

— Freddie Mercury

47. “I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.”

— Freddie Mercury

48. “Can you imagine how terrible it is when you’ve got everything and you’re still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words.”

— Freddie Mercury

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

— Freddie Mercury

50. “I don’t wanna die, I sometimes wish I’ve never been born at all.”

— Freddie Mercury