The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism. |
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair. |
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else. |
Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect. |
The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums. |
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. |
Mantovani was a great influence on me. |
There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in. |
I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis. |
I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast. |
For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil. |
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. |
Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit. |