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John Deacon is a British musician best known as the bassist for the legendary rock band Queen. His distinctive basslines and contributions to Queen's music helped shape the band's unique sound. Deacon also wrote several of Queen's hits, including "You're My Best Friend" and "Another One Bites the Dust." His musicianship and songwriting have left a lasting legacy in rock music.
"You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road."
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"You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road."

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"Lot's of marriages don't last as long as Queen have been together."
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"Lot's of marriages don't last as long as Queen have been together."

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"I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury."
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"I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury."

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"Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know."
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"Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know."

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"No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do."
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"No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do."

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"I like touring, I like being in the studio, a bit of both. I like to have a bit of time at home as well."
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"I like touring, I like being in the studio, a bit of both. I like to have a bit of time at home as well."

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"I mean the only thing that is hopefully good about us is after the arguments we can actually still face each other the next day or the day after and talk about something else and sort of get over it."
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"I mean the only thing that is hopefully good about us is after the arguments we can actually still face each other the next day or the day after and talk about something else and sort of get over it."

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"Yes, it is a rehearsed show, yes, it was analogy of going to see a play at the theatre, where everything has to be in place and whole things, everything being works, all works together to get the best effect you know it's more like an actor learning a part."
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"Yes, it is a rehearsed show, yes, it was analogy of going to see a play at the theatre, where everything has to be in place and whole things, everything being works, all works together to get the best effect you know it's more like an actor learning a part."

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"There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing."
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"There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing."

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"That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while."
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"That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while."

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"I went along and basically learned a few of the songs they were doing at the time, which were quite a few of the songs we ended up doing on our first album."
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"I went along and basically learned a few of the songs they were doing at the time, which were quite a few of the songs we ended up doing on our first album."

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"When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing."
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"When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing."

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"I'll probably make loads of plans, and then just sit around on my bottom all day long and do nothing."
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"I'll probably make loads of plans, and then just sit around on my bottom all day long and do nothing."

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"Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us."
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"Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us."

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"Live Aid turned our world upside down."
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"Live Aid turned our world upside down."

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"Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material."
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"Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material."

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"But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle."
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"But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle."

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"Then we did what we called basically I suppose a club tour in England, which was the time I think that our second album came out, we club toured around the whole country where the venues were hold to five hundreds upwards to that sort of thing you know."
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"Then we did what we called basically I suppose a club tour in England, which was the time I think that our second album came out, we club toured around the whole country where the venues were hold to five hundreds upwards to that sort of thing you know."

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"Queen has taken the all of our time for last four or five years, you know."
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"Queen has taken the all of our time for last four or five years, you know."

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"I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses."
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"I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses."

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"The band was rejuvenated by that wonderful day. It breathed new life into us."
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"The band was rejuvenated by that wonderful day. It breathed new life into us."

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"Arguments are healthy. They clear the air."
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"Arguments are healthy. They clear the air."

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