Brian May Quotes

Sometimes if the guitar is the last thing to go on, it's very fresh.

I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

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

I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone.

A Queen track has those big, thick, block harmonies.

My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.

Amazing uke playing to be relished.

I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.

In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they're waiting for you to make a mistake.

You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.

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.

When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place.

What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.

I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.

I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.

We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit

My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.