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"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."
"I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music."
"I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards."
"This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here."
"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."
"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"
"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."
"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."
"I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis"
"I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice."
"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."
"The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums."
"Sometimes if the guitar is the last thing to go on, it's very fresh."
"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."
"Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era."
"I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish."
"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."
"The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience."
"At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever"
"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."