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Summary
Brian May is a famous Musician from England, he/she is 77 years old and still alive, born July 19, 1947.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective.
Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Brian.
Related authors: Freddie Mercury (Musician)
32 Famous quotes by Brian May
"The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind"
"Mantovani was a great influence on me"
"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"
"I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid"
"From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band"
"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"
"I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis"
"I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish"
"Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear"
"At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever"
"There's nothing I'm embarrassed about"
"I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything"
"Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do"
"The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it"
"The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism"
"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"
"Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect"
"A good video can make all the difference"
"There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured"
"I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good"
"I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition"
"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"
"The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else"
"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"
"There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair"
"The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums"
"There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in"
"Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children"
"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 I'm lucky"
"I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast"
"Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit"
"Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer"
