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

It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.

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

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.

I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike.

I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.