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

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.

I have to learn to hear music, to see beauty, and to find joy in silence

A real Christmas baby was not to be lightly named.

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.

Education is a right, it's a journey, it's a process, and it's something we have to stand for, as hard as it is.

The Law ... is perfection of reason.

I started out myself rather late you see, I was 18.

There is no more striking illustration of the immobility of British institutions than the House of Commons.

I'm probably the worst person for 'Men's Health' to interview.

I'm of the opinion that life doesn't always tie up neatly at the end of the episode.

I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable...