By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.

Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.

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.

The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamour is part of us and we want to be dandy.

We don't do it for the money... we do it for the music.

You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it's prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.

My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.