Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.

No one really knew Freddie. He was shy, gentle and kind. He wasn't the person he put over on stage.

I've always been a fidget. I can never sit still for long.

We, as pop stars, are people not androids. We’ve got views. I’ve got opinions and I don’t see why I shouldn’t use a bit of my art to put them over. I think music is one of the most powerful media forces in the world today.

It's a nonstop schedule, really. I had lost myself somewhere.

Freddie will have been dead for 20 years in November. I was staggered because it doesn't seem possible that all that time has passed and I still miss him. He was my best friend, my best man. We shared so much and I owe so much to him.

When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it.