I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.

The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.

I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.

A Queen track has those big, thick, block harmonies.

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.

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

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.