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"Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock."

"I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it."

"I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar."

"Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately."

"We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar."

"When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting."
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"For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil."

"There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in."

"Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect."

"There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair."

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

"I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything."

"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."
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