For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.

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.

There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.

For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.

People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great cuttings at home from people saying 'One thing is certain, Queen will no longer exist in a year's time.' And that was in 1973.

I'm the nice guy who sits there signing everything that's put in front of me.

The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.