{"id":2320,"date":"2025-06-22T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2025-06-22T18:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T18:46:13","slug":"brian-may-recalls-how-determined-freddie-mercury-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=2320","title":{"rendered":"Brian May recalls how determined Freddie Mercury was"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Queen<\/a> guitarist Brian May recalled in an interview with BBC Radio<\/a> how determined the late singer Freddie Mercury<\/a> was. The musician said that Freddie never was afraid of what people would think about his goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian May recalls how determined Freddie Mercury was:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVery much so, very shy but also very social. Absolutely, he lived to the max every second of the day. And why is he so enduring, that was the first question, wasn\u2019t it? I don\u2019t think we even realized that Freddie is a bit of a genius, really \u2013 a pretty eccentric kind of genius.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you wouldn\u2019t have thought it if you met him in the street or in Kensington market around 1970. You\u2019d just thought, \u2018A strange guy \u2013 obviously thinks he\u2019s a rock star.\u2019 But he had an incredible belief in himself, incredible drive, and he stood for no-nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing would ever get in his way of achieving what he wanted to achieve. So I take that as an example even now because we\u2019re all people-pleasers, aren\u2019t we? We think, \u2018Oh, I like to do this but I don\u2019t want to do that because that might upset this person.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFreddie was never like that. He said, \u2018I want to do this, I\u2019m going to do this. If you don\u2019t want me to do it, get out of my way.\u2019 And some people might have found him rude but generally, Freddie achieved what he did because he was so focused and had so much belief. Pretty fantastic voice as well. A gift from God, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about what Freddie Would be doing if he was still here, May said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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