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.

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

Sometimes the problem is not the people in the band, but the people around the band.

We don’t want to become old, rich and useless

I am an optimist and I always think the good will come out

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

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.