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" Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer. "
Much
You
More
" At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever. "
Forever
Well
Sell
" Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear. "
Unique
People
Giving
" Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit. "
Right
Things
Got
" Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do. "
Thought
Wanting
Stars
" Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect. "
You
View
Time
" 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. "
Questions
Time
Want
" 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. "
Energy
Beginning
Momentum
" 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. "
Chance
You
Lottery
" I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish. "
Me
Because
Net
" I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis. "
Think
Anybody
Beatles
" I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal. "
Weird
Belief
Animal
" I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement. "
First
Achievement
Big
" I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast. "
Brain
Want
Fast
" I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky. "
Busy
Walk
Swimming
" I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway. "
Gadgets
Pretty
Like
" I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition. "
Myself
People
Music
" I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. "
Saw
Thought
Before
" I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it. "
Life
Building
Queen
" I think music is about our internal life. It's part of the way people touch each other. That's very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp. "
Looking
Think
People
" Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation. "
People
Life
Generation
" Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions. "
Songs
Queen
Things
" Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children. "
Poor
Children
Weak
" The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism. "
Bridge
Creation
Optimism
" The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind. "
Hide
Weapon
Behind
" 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. "
You
Magic
Way
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