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When you start out without a record nobody knows you, but if you have a record it's a lot easier.
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I went along and basically learned a few of the songs they were doing at the time, which were quite a few of the songs we ended up doing on our first album.
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People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. F**k them, darling. I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyze his work: If you see it, dear, then it's there. ... I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. ... I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
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Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit.
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We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.
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I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
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Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
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On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.
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I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis.
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One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.
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It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
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I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.
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I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.
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Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!
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If it's planned, it's boring.
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The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.
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In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
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I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
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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.
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But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle.
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Who wants to live forever?
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Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!
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I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury.
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Get on your bikes and ride!