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

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

When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures.

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

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

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

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.

I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

What is left of your dream? Just the words on your stone. A man who learned how to teach then forgot how to learn.

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.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

We cannot make any change if we don't change ourselves .

Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.

You can find tea in a tea cup.. but cannot find world in a world cup.

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.

Because one has to be an optimist to begin an ambitious project, it is not surprising that underestimation of completion time is the norm.

I think that if you live long enough, you realize that so much of what happens in life is out of your control, but how you respond to it is in your control. That's what I try to remember.

When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent.

People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.

What's the orbital velocity of the moon?