Freddie Mercury
Quotes and Stories
About success
The
reason we're successful, darling? My overall Charisma, of
course".
"I always knew I was a star and now the rest of the
world seems to agree with me".
"I'm not going to be a star. I'm
going to be a legend!".
"The higher up the ladder you go, the
more vicious you have to be to stop yourself
falling
off".
"People are apprehensive when they meet me. They think
Iīm going to eat them,
but underneath it all, I'm quite
shy".
"My teeth...I don't like the way they protude. Iīm
going to have them done, but I
just haven't had the time. Apart from
that, I'm perfect".
About Money
"Some days when
I'm
feeling down, i just love to go out on huge shopping sprees
and lose
myself in my money. It is a bit like a woman buying herself a new hat
to
cheer herself up. though sometimes at the end of these binges, I do
think.
Oh dear, what on earth have I bought
now?".
"I love to spend, spend, spend. after all, that's what
money is there for. i'm not like
some of these stars who are obsessed
with counting their pennies".
"All my money goes to Sothebyīs,
Christies, Harrods, Asprey and Cartier. I believe
in being
extravagant!".
"I am fortunate enough to be rich. Sometimes I
believe the only bit of happiness I
can create is with my
money".
"I have everything money can buy, except
happiness"
"I've always coped extremely well with wealth. I
donīt believe in hoaring my money
away in a bank".
It is said that Freddie once joked
that when he died he would like to be buried with all his
things just
like the Pharoahs in Egypt.
*
Freddie used to go
shopping quite a lot and during tours he used to buy antiques and
art
for his own home and for family and friends. He loved
fine art and had many paintings of the old Victorian
masters.
One of his favourite painters was the Russian artist
Marc Chagall.
Freddie had a very beautiful house
in London, at Logan Place no 1, which is situated in
Kensington. In the
early 1980s he bought the house for Ģ 500,000. Originally the house
was
built for the banking family Hoare. The house had 8 bedrooms, 4 marble
bathrooms,
a jacuzzi and a minstrelīs
gallery.
*
Freddie used to collect Dresden
dolls.
One of his favourite buildings in the world was the Gaudi
Cathedral which is situated in
the Spanish city
Barcelona.
Freddie used to be quite frightened of water, but he
managed to overcome his phobia at Ibiza, where he spend a lot of his
holidays during the 1980s.
Talent
will out, my dear!
Painting: Fairy Fellerīs Masterstroke by R Dadd
