Immediately they are filled with intense feelings of love, roses and moonlight and are determined that they will indeed have a happy ever after ending. When people with Aspergers/HIgh Functioning Autism embark on a new relationship they do often tend to have rose tinted spectacles on. It has already been well documented that many autistic people are extremely naïve when it comes to their love life (I certainly was in my teenage years anyway). ‘But at the same time I have a hard exterior - it’s difficult for people to get through to me and I attract all the wrong kinds of people. Other quotes from Freddie Mercury about his lack of luck in love: I demand a lot, but I do give a lot in return.’
I just want it all my own way, but doesn’t everybody? That doesn’t mean I’m not giving. ‘I’ve tried relationships on either side - male and female. Meaning, that if they like you they can be completely charming and your best friend ever but if you betray their trust in some way be warned hell hath no fury like an autistic person scorned (just ask my husband he has many stories to tell). People with Aspergers Syndrome or Autism are often thought to be very black and white about people. ‘The moment I find someone’s betrayed me I go the other way. Freddie Mercury and lack of empathy for others: He legally changed his name to Freddie Mercury around 1970, when Queen was formed. It is displayed under his birth name which was Farrokh Bulsara. His enormous stamp collection is still exhibited at stamp shows world-wide. I go into this aspect of Aspergers Syndrome/High Functioning Autism in more detail in my Hub The Aspergers Female Uncovered.įreddie Mercury also had a hugely impressive stamp collection as well as being a keen philatelist (stamp collector). This would be a typical area of special interest activity that most autistic people have for a small number of subjects. So much so that Freddie began to obsessively sketch pictures of him which he would then hang up all over his flat. In 1967 he developed a complete fascination for Jimi Hendrix. You have to be resilient to be a rock star, you can’t falter once.' ‘ When I’m on stage, I become very different,’ he said.
He was like a hurricane.'įreddie Mercury once said about his stage image: After one last puff on a cigarette, he would rush through his door to the stage to the cheers of Queen’s adoring fans. His valet would have his stage clothes laid out for him. Swigging down a few vodkas, he’d warm up his voice with a run of vocal exercises. I often saw Freddie preparing to go on stage. It was this brilliance that led to the world-famous soprano Montserrat Caballe partnering him for their number one hit Barcelona in 1987.' 'What struck me was the vocal power he possessed. If you’ve got the taste for being number one, then number two isn’t good enough,’ he said, slapping me on the knee as he exploded with laughter.' ‘Some people can take second best, but I can’t. When he’d calmed down, I asked if it was worth getting so wound up over a problem the public knew nothing about.
Although the audience were unaware anything was wrong, Freddie blew his top. Well, I thought, he’s obviously not superstitious! The outburst had been sparked by a faulty microphone on stage. Storming into his dressing room where I was waiting after a two-hour show, he picked up a clothes iron and hurled it at a full-length mirror, smashing it to pieces. 'As long as I live, I’ll never forget my first meeting with Freddie Mercury.
I think it’s a combination of a lot of characters. ‘I don’t want to shatter the illusion,’ he said. There was even a period when he was afraid of meeting people as he thought they might be disappointed that he was not the larger-than-life person they saw on stage. The showmanship was replaced by someone who was shy, suspicious and guarded his privacy with an obsessive tenacity. ' Although Freddie was famous for the way he dominated a stage, I found him entirely different in private. David Wigg was one person who got to know Freddie well as a friend and associate and these are some of the things he had to say about Freddie Mercury:
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