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.

George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered him as an innovator. He was always fresh, daring, magnificently melodic, full of spiritual quality, and totally conscious of the chord structure beneath the solo. And he had the courage to play simple. He never took refuge in effects, or tried to impress with speed. I hope he knew how much we all loved and respected him.

I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now Im spending years of my life trying to get away from it.

The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.

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

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer

I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.