I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal

George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered him as an innovator. He was always fresh, daring, magnificently melodic, full of spiritual quality, and totally conscious of the chord structure beneath the solo. And he had the courage to play simple. He never took refuge in effects, or tried to impress with speed. I hope he knew how much we all loved and respected him.

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

There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.

I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.

I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.

Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.