Freddie Mercury once owned a fashion stall in a London market opposite a women's clothing boutique. One day, Mercury moved his cash register and went into the boutique and adjusted the angle of the dressing-room mirrors -- so he could see the girls while he was making change.

["If I didn't do this [music] well, I just wouldn't have anything to do," Mercury once remarked. "I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife!"]