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. — Brian May Copy Share Image
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 — Brian May Copy Share Image
Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has… — Brian May Copy Share Image
Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do — Brian May Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in — Brian May Copy Share Image
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. — Brian May Copy Share Image
You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft. — Brian May Copy Share Image
To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had. — Brian May Copy Share Image
The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the… — Brian May Copy Share Image
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. — Brian May Copy Share Image
Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect. — Brian May Copy Share Image
