I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

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

When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures.

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

What is left of your dream? Just the words on your stone. A man who learned how to teach then forgot how to learn.

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.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

Fear leads to death as the window to the courtyard. Jump!

Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

The broader question if Sarah Palin becomes vice president, will she be shortchanging her kids or will she be shortchanging the country?

I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch.

Desire is the creator; desire is the destroyer.

I was saluted by Alex Ferguson when I was subbed and that made me very happy.

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.

Painting is almost like a religious experience, which should go on and on. Age just gives you the freedom to do some things you've never done before. Great work can come at any stage of your life.