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.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

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

To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.

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

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

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.