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“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.” quote by Brian May — Download Open 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.”

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

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Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.

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