Brian May Quotes

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Brian May

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 19, 1947

I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it.

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We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

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From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band.

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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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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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Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do.

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I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?

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For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.

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There's nothing I'm embarrassed about.

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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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There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.

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The music itself is very challenging, so I've never really felt the lack of stimulation. I love to be creating; I love to be making things and solving problems, I suppose, and when I'm not, then I'm not an incredibly good person to be around. If I'm not busy, then I think I would be disaster. That's just the way things are.

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I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

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I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything.

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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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I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.

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Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit.

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Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear.

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