There's nothing I'm embarrassed about

We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.

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.

For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.

It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.

In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they're waiting for you to make a mistake.