Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever

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

I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.

The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.

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.