Brian May Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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”
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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”
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“The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.”
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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”
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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.”
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“I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.”
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“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.”
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“The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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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.”
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“The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else”
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“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.”
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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.”
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“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.”
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“I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?”
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“Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.”
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“It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.”
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“Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer”
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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.”
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“Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.”
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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.”
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“The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.”
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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.”
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“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.”
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“There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in”
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“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.”
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“This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here.”
-- Brian May
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