I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

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

I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.

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.

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 like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike.

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.