"When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures."

"I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it."

"I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it."

"I was an incurable romantic then, same as I am now. I was always pining away after somebody"

"Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer"

"I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right."

"There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat."

"I'm the nice guy who sits there signing everything that's put in front of me."

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

"You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place."

"On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes."

"I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid."

"I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice."

"There's nothing I'm embarrassed about"

"I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway."

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

"I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music."

"To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had."

"A good video can make all the difference"

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

"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 don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis"

"I think a lot of people would be better off in America, where at least you would find some radio station somewhere that would play you."

"I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish."