I was an incurable romantic then, same as I am now. I was always pining away after somebody

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.

Perhaps people hate because it's more difficult to love. It also takes more courage to do the latter.

Eden is a factory and human was a reject.We are being recalled in order to be fixed.

We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

First come, first served.

The Democrats need to govern for all Americans as well as deliver for their core constituencies. It will be difficult for them to do both.

As science, of necessity, becomes more involved with itself, so also, of necessity, it becomes more international. I am impressed to know that of the 670 members of this Academy

Living in England, provincial England, must be like being married to a stupid but exquisitely beautiful wife.

It is a rare expert who clearly realizes how inexpert someone else can be.

I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.