(l-r: Brian May, Tim Staffell, Roger Taylor)

"Smile was a three-piece. And it was me, and a singer named Tim Staffell who was at my school. And me and Tim decided that we would like to do something experimental. "

"So I advertised on the college notice board for a drummer - saying how we wanted someone who could play like Ginger Baker, and Mitch Mitchell and whomever else it was - heroes at the time." - Brian May

"Brian put an advert for a drummer on the student union board at Imperial and Roger [Taylor]came down..." - Tim Staffell

"And Brian wrote me this long involved letter and he sounded quite intelligent y'know, cos he liked Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix. And I met him and we got on very well and that was the sort of the beginning." - Roger Taylor

"I wouldn't actually say we auditioned Roger as such. It wasn't like that. It just became obvious that Roger was dead right for us." - Tim Staffell