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> [Freddie obviously knew he was ill long before we did. We knew there was something wrong, but we didn't know what it was. He told us eventually. We didnt want to believe it was true. But we all stuck round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/freddie-obviously-knew-he-was-ill-long-before-we-did-we-knew-there/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

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## More by Roger Taylor

> [We became closer and closer at the end of Freddie's life, and I think we were co-dependent in many ways. We stuck together for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/we-became-closer-and-closer-at-the-end-of-freddie-s-life-and-i-think/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/obviously-i-like-the-drums-to-be-heard-i-think-they-re-important/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [If somebody's going to represent our music live, I'd like to see it represented with excellence and spectacularly and with really great musicianship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/if-somebody-s-going-to-represent-our-music-live-i-d-like-to-see-it/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [I prefer to stay out of politics, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/i-prefer-to-stay-out-of-politics-really/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [I know how hard it is to make it in the music business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/i-know-how-hard-it-is-to-make-it-in-the-music-business/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [I didn't take a lot of the videos seriously; making videos was one of the most tedious things that you can imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/i-didn-t-take-a-lot-of-the-videos-seriously-making-videos-was-one-of/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [I understand people who say, 'There is no Queen without Freddie. Just leave it be.' Because that's what we felt, following his death. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/i-understand-people-who-say-there-is-no-queen-without-freddie-just/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [Freddie was very much able to ride the neutral wave. We all respected his views because he was such a great songwriter. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/freddie-was-very-much-able-to-ride-the-neutral-wave-we-all-respected/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [I think a lot of big musicals close because of the rules they're bound by that make it impossible for them to be efficient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/i-think-a-lot-of-big-musicals-close-because-of-the-rules-they-re/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [To me, diva means an extraordinary, outrageously theatrical, brilliant performer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/to-me-diva-means-an-extraordinary-outrageously-theatrical-brilliant/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [The sicker Freddie got, the more he seemed to need to record, to give himself something to do, some sort of reason to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/the-sicker-freddie-got-the-more-he-seemed-to-need-to-record-to-give/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [If people are so obsessed with Freddie that they can't bear to see Queen without him, they should stay home and listen to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/if-people-are-so-obsessed-with-freddie-that-they-can-t-bear-to-see/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [You can't supervise your own history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/you-can-t-supervise-your-own-history/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/the-idea-of-having-proper-qualifications-had-been-very-much-ingrained/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-taylor/i-m-not-a-musical-theatre-person-and-i-never-will-be-especially-after/)

[Roger Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-taylor/)

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