The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.

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.

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.

For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.

I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal