Most theatrical events range in the inaudible. When I went to see ‘Mamma Mia,’ I thought they were playing it through a megaphone. Roger Taylor Read Quote
We Will Rock You’ we didn’t think was a single. We almost saw it like an introduction to ‘We Are the Champions,’ which is a more classic, very grand song. Roger Taylor Read Quote
The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board, and the family emphasis was on getting to university. Roger Taylor Read Quote
Our story is in two halves, as the band’s career up to Freddie’s death was 20 years, and 20 years later, our music is as popular as it was then. It’s a sort of everlasting… income. Roger Taylor Read Quote
Everybody’s got an opinion, and I was just lucky enough to have an outlet for mine. Roger Taylor Read Quote
We Are the Champions’ is meant to be ‘we,’ as in ‘all of us,’ collectively, not us the band. It’s a shame that some people understandably had the wrong take on that. ‘No time for losers’ is not the kindest line, but it’s really more of a ‘we all of us.’ It’s a celebration. Roger Taylor Read Quote
Our bassist, Tim Staffell, was at art college with Frederick Bulsara, who changed his name to Freddie Mercury and joined the band on vocals after Tim left in 1970. Roger Taylor Read Quote
I fancied being a lead singer. I’ve always done a lot of vocals, but obviously, Freddie is the lead singer. Roger Taylor Read Quote
What was Freddie like then? Alongside the showman, he was a rather shy introvert. But if the attention was focused on him, he was a natural star, as we all saw after we put Queen together. Week by week, we saw him grow into this character, Freddie Mercury. Roger Taylor Read Quote
