I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that it could articulate. So my dad and I designed the guitar... the one that was made from an old fireplace.

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

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

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

Doing Made In Heaven was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but I wouldn't have put my seal of approval on it if I hadn't thought it was up to standard.

Sometimes if the guitar is the last thing to go on, it's very fresh.

Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.