Quote related to 'Scandal' from 'The Miracle'

This is something from me, obviously, as far as the idea of the song happened in the studio, really; but, thematically, it's very close to all of our hearts because particularly Freddie and particularly me - and a little bit later on Roger, actually -, we were pursued by the media to a very destructive point. It was very painful, we did get very hurt at these paparazzi invading our lives - not just our lives but the lives of all those near and dear to us. All our loved ones got incredibly trashed and I never did understand the necessity for that kind of thing, but I guess there is money to be made by trashing people's lives in the newspapers and it's probably never gonna change in England. For me, it was a pretty serious song, I have to say. Not serious in the sense that I think it's that great, but serious in the sense that there was a lot of reality in the lyrics for me.

Brian May; Greatest Video Hits II, November 2003