We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.

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.

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

Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.

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

There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.

From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band