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.

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.

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 think the popular view of Science is a solid body of truth, shared by a whole lot of learned men in a room, all agreeing on the answers to the questions of how the Universe works. Whereas nothing could be further from the truth!!! The one truth that I see emerging from the History of Science is that experiment has always surprised theorists. Einstein included!

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

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

When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place.