Brian May Quotes
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I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.
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I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.
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The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.
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It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.
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The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.
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Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.
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My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.
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Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.
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I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike.
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This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here.
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I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
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People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great cuttings at home from people saying 'One thing is certain, Queen will no longer exist in a year's time.' And that was in 1973.
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There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.
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I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.
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There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.
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I think music is about our internal life. It's part of the way people touch each other. That's very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.
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I'm the nice guy who sits there signing everything that's put in front of me.
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I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.
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I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
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You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.
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I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.
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I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.
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My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.
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Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.