Great Quotes From Freddie Mercury And Queen

Freddie Mercury: "Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name."

Brian May: "I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good."

Roger Taylor: "People are still today trying to imitate Led Zepplin, America is full of drummers trying to play like John Bonham."

John Deacon: "I probably was the only person in the band who could get a look from the outside, because I was the last to join."

Roger Taylor: "I think maybe we were subconsciously influenced by the Beatles' albums, I think really, especially the later ones, like Rubber Soul, Revolver and Abbey Road."



Brian May: "I don't think anybody comes close to the Beatles, including Oasis."

John Deacon: "Arguments are healthy. They clear the air."

Freddie Mercury: "we've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen."

Brian May: "The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind."

Roger Taylor: "We had a joke that we wanted to be the biggest. It was a joke, but underneath, it was really true. Number one is much better than number two."

Brian May: "Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of the guitar changes radically.

John Deacon: "Lot's of marriages don't last as long as Queen have been together."

Freddie Mercury: "I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend."

Led Zeppelin Quotes

Jimmy Page: "I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing."

John Bonham: "Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at."

Robert Plant: "I owe everything to musicians I work with."

John Paul Jones: "We could do anything we wanted, as we were good enough musicians."

Jimmy Page: "I don't think critics could understand what we were doing."

John Bonham: "People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me."

Jimmy Page: "My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence."

Robert Plant: "My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today."

John Bonham: "I don't consider that I'm particularly influenced by anyone or anything. But when I started playing, I was influenced by early soul. It was just that feel, that sound."

Jimmy Page: "Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with Stairway To Heaven."

John Paul Jones: (On John Bonham) "He used to hit hard and he was loud, but he was actually a very subtle drummer in a lot of ways."

Robert Plant: "I don't want to scream Immigrant Song every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could."