Creativity Quote by Brian May

Brian May’s line reads like an artist’s weather report: violent storms on schedule, followed by sudden, blinding clear skies. Coming from the guitarist who helped engineer Queen’s grand, almost architectural sound, it’s a useful deflation of the “steady genius” myth. He’s not selling a romanticized suffering-artist brand so much as admitting the practical rhythm of making things: collapse, regroup, surge, repeat.

The intent is partly self-protective. By naming “major crises” as recurring, he frames instability as pattern rather than personal failure. That’s a quietly radical move for a public figure whose career is often packaged as triumph and spectacle. The subtext is that creativity isn’t a constant personality trait; it’s a fluctuating state, and belief is its fuel. “Peaks of belief” matters as much as “creativity” because it hints that the real battle isn’t technical ability, it’s conviction - the internal permission to think an idea deserves to exist.

Calling himself “a weird kind of animal” softens the confession with humor and removes the false dignity from it. It’s also an honest nod to difference without turning it into a diagnosis or a brand. In the cultural context of rock mythology - where volatility is either glamorized or hidden behind bravado - May threads a third path: candid, slightly amused, and fundamentally workmanlike. The weirdness isn’t an aesthetic; it’s the operating system.