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. Brian May More Quotes by Brian May More Quotes From Brian May ...I think the popular view of Science is a solid body of truth, shared by a whole lot of learned men in a room, all agreeing on the answers to the questions of how the Universe works. Whereas nothing could be further from the truth!!! The one truth that I see emerging from the History of Science is that experiment has always surprised theorists. Einstein included! Brian May viewsmenthinking I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice. Brian May musicianchoicesthinking The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it. Brian May wedding-daymarchwedding 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 Brian May creativitymonthsanimal 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. Brian May achievementguitarthree I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike. Brian May knitting-needlesspringinteresting You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place. Brian May mediabloodart I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right. Brian May fartgroupsalbums There's nothing I'm embarrassed about Brian May embarrassed Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children. Brian May glitterhurtchildren I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now Im spending years of my life trying to get away from it. Brian May building-upqueensyears 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. Brian May guitartechniquesound Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer Brian May astronomersastronomyfun We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum. Brian May vacuumsimportantplay On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes. Brian May albumsshapessong I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards. Brian May keyboardsguitarwriting I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time. Brian May personsdoe Sometimes if the guitar is the last thing to go on, it's very fresh. Brian May guitarlastsgoes-on I think a lot of people would be better off in America, where at least you would find some radio station somewhere that would play you. Brian May playamericathinking 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. Brian May asteroidsmoneyfunny
