I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything.

Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.

Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.

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

I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?

In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they're waiting for you to make a mistake.