What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.

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.

Never allow anything or anyone to cause you to stop loving yourself unconditionally. Your presence on earth is undoubtedly priceless.

No one can ever win by defeating someone

Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else.

Vague a l'ame - melancholy yearning for the end of the world.

The first revolution is when you change your mind

I am sure that all politicians seek the home connection with the voter. But [Margaret Thatcher] carried it to extremes.

Despair exists only when there is hope.

Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books.

I prefer nothing, unless it is true.

Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.