Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer

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

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music.

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 had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.

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.