Tend Quotes 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

— Brian May

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

— 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…

— 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

— Brian May

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in

— 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.

— 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.

— Brian May

To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.

— 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…

— 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.

— Brian May

The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.

— 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.

— 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…

— Brian May

There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.

— 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.

— Brian May