In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they're waiting for you to make a mistake..

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism..

I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky..

I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything..

At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever.

The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums..

I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's mad….

I was an incurable romantic then, same as I am now. I was always pining away after somebody.

Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect..

When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place..

I'm the nice guy who sits there signing everything that's put in front of me..

I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?.

If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel of playing..

My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century..

I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone..

I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice..

I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now Im spending years of my life trying to get away from it..