Dave Clark Quotes

Freddie Mercury, to me, was probably the most important frontman to me growing up.

My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.

I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I think he was the end-all. I love his lack of inhibition, his talent, the chances he took. He made mistakes on his records, and he didn't care.

Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.

I've always liked Tina Turner.

Freddie Mercury inspired me when I was young.

I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.

Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.

I wish I was Freddie Mercury, straight up.

I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best.

Anyone who grew up with me knows that Queen is my favorite band of all time.

Only Freddie Mercury could do Freddie Mercury. He was absolutely brilliant - I loved him to pieces, and I had a great deal of respect for him.

If you loved music, you loved Freddie Mercury.

You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.

I'd love to interview Mick Jagger, but that might be scary.

'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.

I would quite like to play a big concert as Freddie Mercury. I can't sing that great and I haven't yet found a use for the over large size of my teeth. I quite fancy a mustache like that and he was such a great showman.

My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen. His songwriting skills, I cannot even approach, but his showmanship, I learned it from videos.

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.

I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.

Lemmy Kilmeister is most certainly a rocker.

I love Tina Turner.

Ann Wilson has an amazing voice and is a brilliant songwriter.

People have been telling me for years that I sound like Freddie Mercury.

'Bohemian Rhapsody' is my all-time favorite.