Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.

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.

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

You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.

I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?

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

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.