On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.

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

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

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.

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 made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike.

This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here.