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

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.

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

I think music is about our internal life. It’s part of the way people touch each other. That’s very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.

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

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

Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.