Brian May Quotes

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• The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.

  Brian May

  Guitar, Weapons, Shields

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• The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

  Brian May

  Bridges, Optimism, Emotion

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• 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 treat our fellow creatures.

  Brian May

  Queens, People, Doubt

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.

  Brian May

  Doe, Persons

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• 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.

  Brian May

  Magic, Way, Belief

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• The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

  Brian May

  Guitar, Grit, Excitement

  "Brian May - A Regal Audience". Vox Magazine Interview, www.brianmay.com. March 1991.

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• I think music is about our internal life. It’s part of the way people touch each other. That’s very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.

  Brian May

  Thinking, Opposites, People

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• Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer

  Brian May

  Fun, Astronomy, Astronomers

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• I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

  Brian May

  Saws, Hendrix, Yeah

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• Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear

  Brian May

  Unique, People, Giving

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• What is left of your dream?
  Just the words on your stone.
  A man who learned how to teach
  then forgot how to learn.

  Brian May

  Dream, Men, Stones

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• I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

  Brian May

  Sea, Belief, Boat

  "Pop Quiz Classic: Brian May of Queen". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. January 8, 2006.

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• I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.

  Brian May

  Music, Guitar, Play

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• Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.

  Brian May

  Song, Stars, Queens

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• My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.

  Brian May

  Player, Thinking, Guitar

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• I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?

  Brian May

  Beach, Sitting, Sitting On The Beach

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• Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

  Brian May

  Dream, Song, Queens

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• I was an incurable romantic then, same as I am now. I was always pining away after somebody

  Brian May

  Pining

  "Pop Quiz Classic: Brian May of Queen". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. January 8, 2006.

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• There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.

  Brian May

  Feelings, Able, Solo

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• Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do

  Brian May

  Stars, Eccentric, Stills

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

  Brian May

  Play, Important, Vacuums

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• There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.

  Brian May

  Thinking, Hair, Magazines

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• I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

  Brian May

  Listening To Others, People, Intuition

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• George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered him as an innovator. He was always fresh, daring, magnificently melodic, full of spiritual quality, and totally conscious of the chord structure beneath the solo. And he had the courage to play simple. He never took refuge in effects, or tried to impress with speed. I hope he knew how much we all loved and respected him.

  Brian May

  Spiritual, Stars, Simple

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

  Brian May

  Guitar, Goes On, Lasts

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