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.

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

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.

Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above!

The courage of all one really knows comes but late in life.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.

We [the United States] are not every other country. And models that work elsewhere may not have the same impact here.

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.

There is always enough for the needy, there is never enough for the greedy.

Before digital, I spent thirty years shooting color transparencies, which are very unforgiving of exposure. A half stop can make or break a good photo on slide film.

We continually use stories to hold up as mirrors to ourselves.