He sang every form in the business—rock, pop, blues, country, soul, disco, opera—without disgracing any of them. Music loves to dance in the voice of a great singer and Freddie had a superlative voice. It was as if he didn’t really “hit” notes: he would more or less sweep them. As rock ‘n’ roll landmarks go, the Mercury voice had the range of the Matterhorn and the complexity of the Eiffel Tower.
Brian May