No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.

Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!

Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There's no way you can compare him. You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it. There's nobody who can take his place.

I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.

I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.