I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal.

Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit.

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear.

At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever.

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

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.

There's nothing I'm embarrassed about.

I think music is about our internal life. It's part of the way people touch each other. That's very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.

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

It’s wonderful for me to see what ‘We Will Rock You’ has done. ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘We Are the Champions’ have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated – they’ve become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.