I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that it could articulate. So my dad and I designed the guitar... the one that was made from an old fireplace.
We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.
A good video can make all the difference
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.
Amazing uke playing to be relished.
What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.
If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel of playing.
The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.
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.
Doing Made In Heaven was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but I wouldn't have put my seal of approval on it if I hadn't thought it was up to standard.
You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.
When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place.
To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.
At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever
My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.
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.
My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.
I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.
I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.
Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit
From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band
We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.
The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.
