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"There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail."

"You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others."

"We're all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent."

"Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length."

"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."
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"It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived."

"One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed."

"Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid."

"We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear ."

"Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin."
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