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.

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

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.

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

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

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