Mantovani was a great influence on me.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

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

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

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.