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's nothing I'm embarrassed about.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do.

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.

I've written about how mortality is a wonderful indicator of societal progress.

We're passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobody talked and everybody was dressed so conservatively. We thought that's kind of strange, because music is full of life! We thought we could break through that barrier with theater and comedy elements.

When one teenager dying of cystic fibrosis asked me, 'Why am I different?' I answered, 'Tony, because it makes you beautiful.' He loved my answer because he knew full well how much he had done for the world and that he would be immortal through his love and the fund raising of those who knew him hoping to find a cure for cystic fibrosis.