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

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.

Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.

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

There's nothing I'm embarrassed about

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

I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice.