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
We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of… — Brian May Copy Share Image
I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice. — 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
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
My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what… — Brian May Copy Share Image
...I think the popular view of Science is a solid body of truth, shared by a whole lot of learned men in… — 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
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair. — Brian May Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people would be better off in America, where at least you would find some radio station somewhere… — 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
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
