From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.

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.

Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has eaten away at our standards of excellence. I don't like this whole culture, which has evolved, of TV being the king.

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

I'm the nice guy who sits there signing everything that's put in front of me.