Quote related to 'Death On Two Legs (dedicated to ...)' from 'A Night At The Opera'

The words came very easily… Let's say that song has made its mark. I decided that if I wanted to stress something strongly I might as well go the whole hog and not compromise. I had a tough time trying to get the lyrics across… I wanted to make them as coarse as possible. My throat was bleeding, the whole bit. I was changing lyrics every day trying to get it as vicious as possible. When the others first heard it they were in a state of shock. When I was describing it they went “Oh yeah,” and then they saw the words and they were frightened by it. But for me the step had been taken and I was completely engrossed in it, swimming in it. Wow! I was a demon for a few days. The album needed a strong opening and what better way than to have the first words, “You suck my blood like a leech”? Initially it was going to have the intro and then everything stop and the words, “YOU, SUCK, MY” - but that was going too far.

Freddie Mercury; Sounds, January 1976