Roger Taylor

Freddie Mercury and I both loved to have a laugh on tour. If there were shenanigans and good times, Fred and I would be there.

You can't live in the past.

Our story is in two halves, as the band's career up to Freddie's death was 20 years, and 20 years later, our music is as popular as it was then. It's a sort of everlasting... income.

The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board, and the family emphasis was on getting to university.

There are an awful lot of bands out there doing our old act. An awful lot of fake moustaches and underwhelming performances.

When hearing aids were first mentioned, I pictured myself as that old geezer at the back of the church with the whistling ear trumpet, but you can't see these Phonak hearing aids, and people don't realise you've got them in.

Radio is so heavily programmed; you have to fit into a certain box. So it's harder for anything different to get through.

If people are so obsessed with Freddie that they can't bear to see Queen without him, they should stay home and listen to the records.

Freddie was very much able to ride the neutral wave. We all respected his views because he was such a great songwriter. It was his idea that we share all the credits. It was decided all the songs would be attributed equally to Queen. That immediately got rid of the arguments. That was a fantastic, democratic notion.

There aren't many good frontmen around anymore. Where are they? I can't think of a really young band with a great front person.

When 'We Will Rock You,' the musical, launched, I was amazed at how successful it was. It attracted a new generation of fans. Freddie would have loved it. He was quite into that sort of stuff.

I fancied being a lead singer. I've always done a lot of vocals, but obviously, Freddie is the lead singer.