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.

Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit

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

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

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

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.

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.