In memory of Freddie Mercury

On November 24, 1991, Freddie Mercury passed away. Singer and musician, vocalist of the rock band Queen, according to a survey of British listeners, he is recognized as one of the best rock singers of the 20th century.

Freddie Mercury is still one of the most popular performers in the world. His incredible stage images and demeanor on stage are known even to people who are far from music.

We love and remember you, Freddy!

(Total 45 photos)

1. Actually, I was going to be an illustrator, but I'm glad I changed my mind.

2. I spent nine years at a boarding school and rarely saw my parents. As a result, I learned to solve my own problems and I can stand up for myself.

3. When I was young, when I didn’t have any money at all, I used to save a little, say, two weeks, and then I spent everything in one day - with great pleasure.

4. I'm just a musical prostitute, my dears.

5. People continue to fall in love and break up - this process is endless, and I continue to write songs about it.

6. Songs are like new dresses or shirts: you wear them for a while and then get rid of them.

7. Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to start a band and call it "Hair, Nose and Teeth" after each of us. But that never happened because we couldn't agree on the order of the words in the title. I, of course, believe that "Teeth" should be the first.

8. If I am destined to die tomorrow, I will not be sorry. I really did my best.

9. I like my hoarse voice - it's all because of smoking, that's why I smoke - so that I have a hoarse voice.

10. The most difficult thing for me is to come up with a costume for the next concert: I already put everything on.

11. On stage I am an extrovert, but what I am in life is a completely different story.

12. I don't like my teeth - they stick out. I'm going to fix it, I just can't get my hands on it. Otherwise, I'm perfect.

13. I do not give concerts, but arrange fashion shows.

14. The more problems I have, the better my songs are.

15. My love is dangerous. And who wants safe love? Imagine if I wrote a song: "My love is safe." She would never sell.

16. I fall in love too quickly and always end up hurting.

17. You can have everything, but you can still be lonely. And this is the saddest kind of loneliness.

18. Success brought me millions of fans and pounds sterling, but deprived me of the only thing we all need - a long-term relationship.

19. I can’t stop the flywheel and devote myself to relationships, the wheel must spin - that’s why it’s difficult to live and be happy with me.

20. Love is Russian roulette. Nobody loves the real me, everyone loves my fame and glory.

21. I cannot love a man the same way as a girl.

22. I don't have real friends. It seems to me that when I let people close to me, they destroy me.

23. I have earned a lot of money and could live happily ever after, but I need to do something. I have a lot of energy and she needs an outlet. I can't spend a day aimlessly in bed.

24. When you have climbed to the top, the only way is down, and this is the most difficult.

25. Three to four hours of sleep is enough for me. I recharge the batteries - and again in the fight.

26. You can't buy happiness. But money can help get it.

27. Michael Jackson and I drifted apart after the incredible success of his Thriller. He just closed himself in his world. Until recently, we went clubbing together, and now he does not stick out of his fortress. It is sad.

28. I would like to live in the Victorian era and be surrounded by exquisite chaos.

29. When I watched Hollywood films where the action took place in luxurious houses, I thought that I want the same. Now I have it, but it was more important for me to earn money for this damn house than to move into it. I seem to be one of those people who, when they achieve something, lose interest in it.

30. Of course, my parents and my cats are in my will, but a significant part of my estate will go to Mary Austin.

31. Modern art is like women, you cannot enjoy it if you try to understand it.

32. I'm not going to change the world. The most important thing for me is happiness: to be happy and enjoy life. I want to enjoy life to the fullest for the rest of my years.

33. What will I be doing in 20 years? Of course I'll be dead!

34. The more, the better, and so on in everything.

35. I hardly read books - it seems to me that this is a waste of time. I know that people will kill me for these words.

36. Journalists always invent that I am unbridled and wild, and the rest of the Queen members are quieter than water below the grass, but this is not true. I can tell you such stories about Brian May!

37. After the concert, four limousines are waiting for us at the entrance, everyone gets into his own and goes his own way.

38. We were never allowed into Russia: they were afraid that we would corrupt their youth.

39. The press hates me, I love them back.

40. I wish the newspapers would never write about me: “Oh, he is really a wonderful person,” because my soul has two sides: light and dark.

41. I change every day like a chameleon. I don't want to be the same all the time.

42. Sometimes I have to make my own tea, and this is hard work.

43. I do not want to go to heaven after death: hell is much better. Just think of the most interesting people you can meet there, and you will want to be there too.

44. I have no desire to reach seventy. It's so boring.

45. I don't think about whether I will be remembered after death. It's none of my business anymore. I'll be dead, what the hell does it matter to me.