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.

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.

Women aren't very bright, " Rip says. "Studies have been done.

If we protect the ‘underhand’ [those working under us], then the ‘boss’ will protect us. If we constantly reprimand the ‘underhand’, then the boss will constantly reprimand us.

Disenchantment is the blessing of becoming yourself.

We’ve been put into war, between body and soul. 28.06.11

Surrender is the only path to supernatural living.

If your stress is related to another person, finding forgiveness - changing your thoughts and energy around that person - can lower stress.

Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds.

I'm much better off the tee. I'm not a great putter. I do not have a good short game.

I'm a pretty low-key North Carolina boy. I like to go fishing and hang out with my friends.

I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from the front, from the back, it's got to look good at all angles.