People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great cuttings at home from people saying 'One thing is certain, Queen will no longer exist in a year's time.' And that was in 1973.

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

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

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

A good video can make all the difference

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

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.