#queen arguments

I read an article about what made relationships work, and the gist of it was that it's not about how much or how little fighting there is - or how loud and dramatic the fighting can be - but about the ratio of positive vs. negative interactions. I don't remember the exact number, but I think it was something around 1:5 or 1:6. So, if you have, say, 8 positive interactions for every argument, then the relationship still works great, no matter if the actual number of fights is one a year or one a day.

(Ah, found it. Here's an article summarizing the research.)

It seems like for Queen, having everything right out and fighting tooth and nail for their creative vision is something that was just part of the parcel. It's how they worked together - perhaps that's why it was so difficult to find the fourth member. They needed someone who could work in that sort of environment without crumbling, someone who was able to go back into the studio the next day and get the work done.