I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.

We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.

People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great cuttings at home from people saying 'One thing is certain, Queen will no longer exist in a year's time.' And that was in 1973.

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.

I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.

A Queen track has those big, thick, block harmonies.