"The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind."

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"I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes."

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"There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp boxes, trying to sound like Jeff Beck on a steel guitar."

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"Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and that was probably one of the ones that left an opening for it. The song's all right, I wouldn't choose to sing it now."

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"From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band."

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"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."

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

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"We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum."

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