Freddie said, “I've got this thing.” I immediately thought the melody was beautiful - in the verse, “Mama, just killed a man”, it's a very beautiful melody, and that in itself is enough to sell it to me. As we added the central sections it became more and more outlandish and ridiculous but I always liked the core of the song, and the core of the song is essentially the verses. All the elements were in Freddie's mind. He literally had them all lined up like soldiers in his mind, so it really was all there, and all the harmonies - he wrote that in little blocks at the back of a telephone directory.