Freddie Mercury

"Every band should study Queen at Live Aid. If you really feel like that barrier is gone, you become Freddie Mercury. I consider him the greatest frontman of all time. Like, its funny? youd imagine that Freddie was more than human, but … You know how he controlled Wembley Stadium at Live Aid in 1985? He stood up there and did his vocal warm ups with the audience. Something that intimate, where they realize, Oh yeah, hes just a f***ing dude."

"It all began with the three wise men, followed a star took them to Bethelehem, and made it heard throughout the land — born was the leader of man. All going down to see the Lord Jesus."

"Our love affair ended in tears but a deep bond grew out of it, and thats something nobody can take away from us. Its unreachable … All my lovers ask me why they cant replace her, but its simply impossible. I dont feel jealous of her lovers because. of course, she has a life to lead, and so do I. Basically, I try to make sure shes happy with whoever shes with and she tries to do the same for me. We look after each other and thats a wonderful form of love. I might have all the problems in the world, but I have Mary and that gets me through."

"Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. My privacy has always been very special to me and I am famous for my lack of interviews. Please understand this policy will continue."

"Freddie Mercury was - and remains - my biggest influence. The combination of his sarcastic approach to writing lyrics and his I dont give a fuck attitude really inspired my music.”"

"When we lost Freddie, we not only lost a great personality, a man with a great sense of humour, a true showman, but we lost probably the best. The best virtuoso rock n roll singer of all time. He could sing anything in any style. He could change his style from line to line and, God, thats an art. And he was brilliant at it."

"My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen. His songwriting skills, I cannot even approach, but his showmanship, I learned it from videos. I’m No. 1 in the U.K. right now, so if I have any chance to go there, I want to meet Queen and to tell them how much I got inspired by their music."

"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 its prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship."

"I hate pockets in trousers … By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there."

"Liza, in terms of sheer talent, just oozes with it. She has sheer energy and stamina, which she gets across the stage, and the way she delivers herself to the public is a good influence. There is a lot to learn from her"

"All my lovers asked me why they couldnt replace Mary, but its simply impossible. The only friend Ive got is Mary and I dont want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, thats enough for me."

"I just like having fun. Its a very good release, rock music, but you know you say that I am a different person on stage and that same thing could be said of anyone going out to do his job. Its my work, and Im very serious about it, getting it right - when we began, we approached it the way we did because we were not prepared to be out-of-work musicians, ever. We said either take it on as a serious commodity or dont do it at all."