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

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

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

To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.

My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.

There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.