We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in

Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do

You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.

My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.

I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards.

Sometimes if the guitar is the last thing to go on, it's very fresh.