I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

...I think the popular view of Science is a solid body of truth, shared by a whole lot of learned men in a room, all agreeing on the answers to the questions of how the Universe works. Whereas nothing could be further from the truth!!! The one truth that I see emerging from the History of Science is that experiment has always surprised theorists. Einstein included!

Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has eaten away at our standards of excellence. I don't like this whole culture, which has evolved, of TV being the king.

Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.

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

I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.