"Freddie Mercury was the very acceptable and positive side of pompous and big. He was like a male version of Liza Minnelli. He was this big, old character that was larger than life. I imagine the closest thing you'll ever get to Freddie Mercury is Wrestlemania, and that's including the show, the building, the people inside it and the ring!"
"Freddie meant everything to me growing up. For as long as I can remember I've been the biggest Queen fan. There's nothing we don't know by Queen."
"Freddie Mercury's death was something I had been preparing for since I had heard of his AIDS... If I didn't have Freddie Mercury's words and lyrics to hold onto as a kid, I don't know where I'd be... I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life." (excerpted from Rockline)
"We were very close friends; he was a very special person to me. Freddie was probably the most creative individual I ever met, and he was really fun. He had a great zest for life. He was also very unselfish and very caring. He put himself out to work with me and it was phenomenal experience. [Freddie sang background on Squier's Emotions In Motion and Enough Is Enough albums; Billy opened Queen's Hot Space tour.]"
"My tribute really was 'The Show Must Go On.' There's a lot in there. I remember writing this line -- 'my soul is painted like the wings of butterflies' -- and I brought it to him one morning, a little worried about what he would think of it. I said, 'Do you think that's okay? Can you sing that?' And he went, 'Darling, I can sing that and I will give it my all.' Because he knew what it was all about and it didn't need to be said."
"Meine Anerkennung war wirklich" The Show Must Go On ". Es gibt eine Menge drin. Ich erinnere mich an diese Zeile schreiben - "Meine Seele ist gemalt wie die Flügel der Schmetterlinge" - und ich brachte sie ihn zu einem Morgen, ein wenig besorgt darüber, was er davon halten. Ich sagte, ' Glauben Sie, dass das in Ordnung? Können Sie singen, dass? " Und er ging, "Darling, ich kann singen, und ich werde es für meine alle." Weil er wusste, worum es ging und es nicht notwendig zu sagen. "