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.

On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

I think a lot of people would be better off in America, where at least you would find some radio station somewhere that would play you.

My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.

I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis

I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music.