And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

I’ve taken my bows

And my curtain calls

You brought me fame and fortune

And everything that goes with it

I thank you all.

Goodbye everybody, I’ve got to go

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

Are you happy are you satisfied?

How long can you stand the heat

How do you think I’m going to get along

Without you when you’re gone

I’ve done my sentence

But committed no crime

I just gotta get out of this prison cell

One day (someday) I’m gonna be free, Lord!

Find me somebody to love

Anywhere the wind blows

Doesn’t really matter to me

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies and see

Caught in a landslide

No escape from reality.

You got mud on your face, you big disgrace

Kicking your can all over the place, singin’

We will, we will rock you

I feel good

And no-one’s gonna stop me now.

I’m a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva

I’m gonna go, go, go

There’s no stopping me.

You had your time, you had the power

You’ve yet to have your finest hour

Who dares to love forever

When love must die

We are the champions

No time for losers

‘Cause we are the champions of the World

But I have to be sure

When I walk out that door

Oh how I want to be free

I was born to take care of you

every single day of my life.

A baby I was when you took my hand

The light of the night burned bright

We are the champions, my friends

And we’ll keep on fighting till the end

Who wants to live forever

Who dares to love foreve

So don’t become some background noise

A backdrop for the girls and boys

She keeps her Moet et Chandon

In her pretty cabinet

‘Let them eat cake’, she says

Just like Marie Antoinette

Buddy, you’re a boy, make a big noise

Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday.

I’m a shooting star leaping through the sky

Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity

I’m OK, I’m alright

I ain’t gonna face no defeat

Steve walks warily down the street

With his brim pulled way down low

Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet

Machine guns ready to go

I’ve paid my dues

Time after time

Is this the real life?

I lost somebody who I thought was my eternal love … When he died I felt we’d had a marriage

Freddie Mercury was – and remains – my biggest influence

The difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice.

I’m a Freddie Mercury fan

Of all the more theatrical rock performers, Freddie took it further than the rest… he took it over the edge..

Freddie Mercury was a huge source of inspiration to me as a child

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

My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.

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

I don’t talk to everybody, so they don’t really know the real me.

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

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

Jimi Hendrix is very important. He’s my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That’s the kind of world I live in

I was born to love you

with every single beat of my heart.

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

Montserrat Caballé is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural.

We’re a very expensive group; we break a lot of rule

Excess is part of my nature. Dullness is a disease.

I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world

If I didn’t do this well, I just wouldn’t have anything to do… I can’t cook, and I’d be a terrible housewife.

In terms of love, you’re not in control and I hate that feeling. I seem to write a lot of sad songs because I’m a very tragic person. But there’s always an element of humor at the end

This thing called love, it cries like a baby in a cradle all night. It swings, it jives, it shakes all over like a jellyfish. I kinda like it

Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band, they deserve the kind of success they’re getting

I don’t like the way my teeth protrude. I’m going to have them done, but I just haven’t had the time. Apart from that… I’m perfect.

Sometimes I feel so sad, so sad, so bad

But no-one’s gonna stop me now, no-one.

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

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

I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form

I’m so powerful on stage that I seem to have created a monster

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

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

I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me.

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

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics

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

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

I’m very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years’ time.

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

If I had to do it all over again? Why not, I would do it a little bit differently

If you see it, darling, then it’s there! With every single beat of my heart. Every single day of my life

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

The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic

I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend