Somebody to Love

Writer Voltaire expresses it just perfectly: ‘I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?’

Talent isn’t just about being a good musician, these days. It’s about being aware. It’s vital to do the whole thing properly. Talent is not just writing good songs and performing them, it’s having a business brain, because that’s a major part of it – to get the music across properly and profit from it. You use all the tricks of the trade and if you believe in yourself, you’ll go all the way.’

Freddie had the idea that rock should be a show, that it should give you something that was overwhelming in every way.’