A Quote by Marc Martel

It's not like I'm pretending to be Freddie Mercury. — © Marc Martel
It's not like I'm pretending to be Freddie Mercury.
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.
My favourite song is Someone To Love. That is more like me than the other stuff, as it was the only one I was actually able to create from the bottom up. I call it an homage, not a remake. It is an homage to Freddie Mercury, because I don't think people can really remake Freddie Mercury. That's why we did a gospel version.
What was Freddie like then? Alongside the showman, he was a rather shy introvert. But if the attention was focused on him, he was a natural star, as we all saw after we put Queen together. Week by week, we saw him grow into this character, Freddie Mercury.
People have been telling me for years that I sound like Freddie Mercury.
Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?
Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.
I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music. He was not only a singer but also a fantastic performer, a man of the theatre and someone who constantly transformed himself. In short: a genius.
A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.
Every band should study Queen at Live Aid. If you really feel like that barrier is gone, you become Freddie Mercury. I consider him the greatest frontman of all time. Like, it's funny? You'd imagine that Freddie was more than human, but... You know how he controlled Wembley Stadium at Live Aid in 1985? He stood up there and did his vocal warm ups with the audience. Something that intimate, where they realize, 'Oh yeah, he's just a f***ing dude.'
I wish I was Freddie Mercury, straight up.
Freddie Mercury inspired me when I was young.
Nobody should attempt to do Freddie Mercury impressions.
My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.
Freddie Mercury wrote songs that were real and true.
You're all Buddhas, pretending not to be. You're all the Christ, pretending not to be. You're all Atman, pretending not to be. You're all love, pretending not to be. You're all one, pretending not to be. You're all Gurus, pretending not to be. You're all God, pretending not to be. When you're ready to stop pretending, then you're ready to just be the real you. That's your home.
I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury.
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