I shall think of Freddie Mercury every day - maybe for a moment, maybe for longer. Roger Taylor More Quotes by Roger Taylor More Quotes From Roger Taylor '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 willthinkyousong 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 namebandcollegeart The sound levels on stage were so loud with all that constant banging and smash, smash, smash; it did untold damage to the fine nerve endings in the inner ear, though it is worse in the left, which is the side of my snare drum and the monitor. Roger Taylor fineleftstagesound The sicker Freddie got, the more he seemed to need to record, to give himself something to do, some sort of reason to get up. Roger Taylor needsomesomethingreason I'm not a musical theatre person, and I never will be, especially after seeing the way it operates. It's so incredibly inefficient. It takes three weeks to effect a change. It can be a lighting change, a script change, a musical change - you have to meet with six different departments, and about a month later, it may happen. Roger Taylor neveryouchangeway 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 throughthoughtseeevents You can't live in the past. Roger Taylor in-the-pastliveyoupast Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important. Roger Taylor i-thinklikethinkimportant I wouldn't sit down and work at writing a song like a novelist or something. Roger Taylor downworkwritingsong I see no end to the possibility and the potential of Adam Lambert. He's a fabulous performer, and I think it would be very interesting to do something with him. Roger Taylor endseethinkinteresting It's good to be busy. I prefer that than sitting back and enjoying life. Roger Taylor goodsittingbusylife We would never have expected to be still making music together after all this time. We were just kids and we came together in punk rock. Roger Taylor ' Anniversary' is a song that kind of celebrates the time that we've been together as a band, but it's also open to everybody and anything anyone might want to celebrate. Roger Taylor
