84 Quotes by Roger Taylor

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

'We Will Rock You' we didn't think was a single. We almost saw it like an introduction to 'We Are the Champions,' which is a more classic, very grand song.

I think a lot of big musicals close because of the rules they're bound by that make it impossible for them to be efficient.

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.

It is everyone's prerogative to retire. But it's like giving up on life as far as I'm concerned.

Hearing loss has not affected my vocal range. I can still pitch perfectly, but without the hearing aids, I don't hear the intricate high parts of the actual spectrum.

It was Freddie who instilled in us the belief that we had to make people gasp every time.

To me, diva means an extraordinary, outrageously theatrical, brilliant performer.

I know that drummers tend to be the butt of a thousand jokes, usually from the uninformed and untalented, but I always felt I had an important role.