--- title: "1 Alive Really Quotes By Brian May" description: "1 Alive Really quotes by Brian May. Plus more from Brian May and more Alive Really sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/brian-may-8348_alive_to-my-mind-keep-yourself-alive-was-never_338623.jpg" --- > [To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/to-my-mind-keep-yourself-alive-was-never-really-satisfactory-never/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/brian-may-8348_alive_to-my-mind-keep-yourself-alive-was-never_338623.jpg) ## More by Brian May > [I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/i-go-through-major-crises-every-few-months-but-then-i-have-great/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [Mantovani was a great influence on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/mantovani-was-a-great-influence-on-me/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/not-for-a-million-years-i-mean-i-like-the-inxs-boys-but-i-found-the/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/everybody-thought-i-was-a-bit-of-an-eccentric-for-wanting-to-be-out/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/there-are-a-lot-of-things-in-queen-albums-that-you-don-t-expect-that/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/i-spent-20-years-of-my-life-building-up-queen-and-now-i-m-spending/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/you-want-to-go-in-the-steam-bath-to-get-your-vocals-sounding-well-but/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/to-my-mind-keep-yourself-alive-was-never-really-satisfactory-never/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/the-potential-audience-seems-to-be-dwindling-in-the-states-i-was-kind/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/i-m-into-paradoxes-i-wanted-to-make-an-album-about-them-but-the-group/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/the-wedding-march-has-a-bit-of-a-death-march-in-it/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/every-time-i-listen-to-jeff-beck-my-whole-view-of-guitar-changes/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/when-i-m-gone-people-will-no-doubt-remember-me-for-queen-but-i-would/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/there-are-times-when-i-ve-been-feeling-something-and-played-a-solo/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) > [We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/we-wouldn-t-have-put-it-out-with-the-name-queen-on-it-if-we-didn-t/) [Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive-really/brian-may/#itemlist", "name": "1 Alive Really Quotes By Brian May", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. 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