Blog 11 Sorry they are not exactly regular.... I am doing quite a lot at the moment, and time is getting shorter and shorter! Pertuu has asked about drugs and cats! Second part first I think. During my time with Freddie he had 10 cats! Not all at the same time. By November '91 there were 6 cats in the house. This was one of the reasons that even though they had all been 'done', there were still territory issues that were decided by spraying, and we would be cleaning up after them. It is on record that Freddie took cocaine, but he controlled it, it never controlled him. It wasn't something he used everyday, just something for him to use recreationally. I remember a time he used some in the studio one night and was furiously making music which he thought was great. He went back into the studio the next day and listened to what he had recorded...... 'What is this rubbish?'..... he asked. Dylan wanted to know about Freddie's inspirations. Freddie was mostly inspired by situations and emotions he found himself embroiled in, as he said in an interview, he wrote about love in all it's forms, as that is what he spent most of his life looking for, or being part of. People that inspired him particularly were Elvis Presley and John Lennon. He loved listening to Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Prince and just about anything produced by Quincy Jones. He was also impressed by Pavarotti's