All Brian May Quotes
- We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum. Audience
- I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that it could articulate.… Articulate
- People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great cuttings at home… Been
- On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes. Albums
- 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. Album
- I was an incurable romantic then, same as I am now. I was always pining away after somebody Always Pining
- I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess… Busy
- Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has eaten… Boys
- I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an… Achievement
- Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children. Always Hurt
- 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 we… Attempting
- I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice. Astronomer
- I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast. Able
- The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums. Albums
- Amazing uke playing to be relished. Amazing
- For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil. Alive
- I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. Good
- There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair. Becoming
- I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway. Basic
- Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect. Beck