It was a long journey, and it was a much bigger job than anyone realised; we didn't talk much about it. We were able to work with Freddie on it, but hardly at all, and the object was to make an album that sounded like four guys in a studio. We knew that if we achieved that, then no one would ask any questions. And that's almost what happened. We started off with just scraps of tape. It was a huge job, two years of my life finding a way of developing the songs, but at the same time using the limited input we had from Freddie. Sometimes there was a complete first take vocal, while other times there were no more than three or four lines. It was a labour of love for me, working through the night perhaps on just one line. But if you can listen to, for example, I Was Born to Love You and say that it was a good performance, I'm glad it sounds so, but obviously it couldn't have been.