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

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.

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in

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

Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do

The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.

I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone.