I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. — Brian May Copy Share Image
Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions. — 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
There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat. — Brian May Copy Share Image
I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and… — Brian May Copy Share Image
I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now. — Brian May Copy Share Image
We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch. — Brian May Copy Share Image
I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes,… — Brian May Copy Share Image
The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the… — Brian May Copy Share Image
I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous. — Brian May Copy Share Image
Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people,… — Brian May Copy Share Image
I think music is about our internal life. It’s part of the way people touch each other. That’s very precious to me.… — Brian May Copy Share Image
I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that… — Brian May Copy Share Image
I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting… — Brian May Copy Share Image
People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great… — 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
